TIBCO Businessworks File alias Creation

USING LIBRARY –THROUGH ALIASES

1. Aliases are used to manage access to LibraryBuilder resources. The aliases created are saved in user profiles and available to all projects are created on a machine. Other developers can export aliases to LibraryBuilder resources, so they can be imported into other projects.

2. n you add a LibraryBuilder resource to a project you can create an alias to it when loading the library, or pick an alias and load the corresponding library.

3.  LibraryBuilder resource allows you to share resources you have defined in a project with other project developers. This allows you to create shareable resources once, then allow other project developers to use them in their projects

File Aliases

         

   In tibco online training you can have the topic called creating a File Alias (Through Preferences)

       The following screen shots help in understanding in creating file aliases.

       1. Open the designer and go to Preferences in the Edit tab.

2. Go to the File Aliases tab and click on the new tab to add an alias.

3. Add an alias name and browse the file path for the location of libraries (Eg: -    C:\Projects\Lib) and select the required library.

4. The alias is added, click OK.

 The alias to the library is added to the project.

Adding the library to the repo

             The library can be added to the repo in the following way-

1.    Select the top-most folder which is the project name. In the right panel, three tabs appear.

            2. In the “Design Time Libraries” tab, click on the ‘+’ icon and browse for the library.

3. The Alias is added to the designer as seen below.

Creating File Alias from Resource

To create a file alias from resource,

1.    Open the palettes window.

2.    Select the AliasLibrary palette from the general palettes.

·         In the configuration tab add the name and the description as required.

·         In the aliases tab, use the ‘+’ to browse the aliases, the second button to select a previously defined Alias entry to add to the library and the bin button to delete any added aliases.

Resources that reference an AliasLibrary as above, will package all the referenced files when their enterprise archive file is built. Because AliasLibraries reference files via a reference, it must be ensured that the machine where the enterprise archive file is generated can access all externally referenced files.

                    The resources added in the library are grayed out because they cannot be modified. AliasLibrary resource is crucial for resources that depend on external files, such as the Java Activity in TIBCO Business Works. Resources in your project can reference aliases in the AliasLibrary to resolve external file dependencies that they may have at runtime or debug time.