Resource Editor

The Resource Editor allows you to manage the XFRACAS resources (the text that appears in the XFRACAS interface). Permissions required to access this page: Access Admin Tab and Manage Resource Editor.

To access the Resource Editor page, choose Admin > Tools > Resource Editor.

To find resources in the current entity to work with, choose Admin > Resource Editor > Find.

In the Find utility that appears, you can search in a number of ways. You can use one or more of the following for any given search:

• Specify a range of resources to work with by numeric identifiers. To do this, enter a Start ID and an End ID. If you specify only a Start ID, all resources from that ID on will be displayed. Similarly, if you specify only an End ID, all resources up to and including that ID will be displayed.

• Search by Default Text, which is the text that will appear by default in the location(s) where the resource is used. Enter the desired text, and the resources that contain that string in their default text will be displayed.

• Search by Display Text, which is the text, if any, that has been entered to use instead of the default text each time the resource is used in the currently selected entity. Enter the desired text, and the resources that contain that string in their display text will be displayed.

• Search by Location in the interface where the resources are used.

• Specify the Language of the resources.

To edit a resource, click the Edit icon, , associated with the resource. The Edit Resource utility that appears will display the resource ID and language in the caption bar at the top. The resource's default text will be shown at the top of the utility, and the locations where the resource is used will be shown at the bottom of the utility. To change the text used in one or more entities, clear the Use Default check box and enter the desired text in the Display Text field. Select the entities where you want the changes to apply; you can select the All Entities check box if you want the new text used in all entities.

You can replace all occurrences of a text string with new text using the Find and Replace utility, accessed by choosing Admin > Resource Editor > Replace.

Enter the text to search for in the Find What field and the replacement text in the Replace With field. Specify the language in which you are making the replacement, then select the entities where you want the changes to apply; you can select the All Entities check box if you want the new text used in all entities. Click Preview to view the replacement in all of the affected resources. If you are satisfied, select the check box for each resource where you want to confirm the replacement and choose Admin > Resource Editor > Save.

Note that you can select or clear the check box in the header to select or clear the check boxes for all resources.

To return all resources in the current entity to the default text, choose Admin > Resource Editor > Default All.

You will be asked to specify the language in which to make the change and confirm that you want to proceed.

If you have made resource changes in the current database and need to implement those changes in another database, you can choose Admin > Resource Editor > Update Script to generate a SQL script that can be run against the other database.

In the Update Script utility that appears, use the Begin Date and End Date fields to specify the time period for which you want to include changes (e.g., include only changes made in the past month). Use the Entities field to specify the entities from which you want to take changes; you can select the All Entities check box to include changes from all entities that you have access to. When you click OK, the script will be generated and can be opened or saved.