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Import and searching in the IBM Sales Center user interface plug-ins

The IBM Sales Center user interface plug-ins and plug-in fragments can be made searchable in the IBM Sales Center development environment by importing them as binary projects. This will allow you to search on the ID of a user interface element and find its fragment.xml file.


Procedure

  1. In the IBM Sales Center development environment, select the Plugins view tab.

  2. Select all of the plug-ins and fragments with names that begin with com.ibm.commerce.telesales.ui.impl.

  3. With the plug-ins selected, right click and select Import > As binary project.


Results

These plug-ins will now be visible on the Package explorer view. To search for the definition of a user interface element:

  1. Determine the ID of a user interface element to search on. You can also search on the contents of the comments, or an extension point type, for example widget or managedComposite.

  2. In the IBM Sales Center development environment, select Search > File ...

  3. Enter the search term in the Containing text: field.

  4. Enter *.xml in the File name patterns: field.This will search through all of the plugin.xml and fragment.xml files in the workspace.

  5. In the search tab, you can expand the plug-ins where matches have been found and double click a file to examine it.

  6. In most cases, if you are searching on a user interface element ID, such as a widget ID, we will be opening a file called fragment.xml. Do not modify default IBM Sales Center fragment.xml files, as they will be overwritten when you update the IBM Sales Center development environment. Examine the file for the purposes of customizing and extending the user interface and then create the own new plug-in for packaging and deploying customizations.


Related concepts

Overview of customizing IBM Sales Center

IBM Sales Center development environment


Related tasks

Determine the ID of a user interface element in an editor page or dialog

Plan a customization to the IBM Sales Center


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