Working with PTC Server Objects in the DITA Resource Manager
Arbortext Editor provides extensive support for managing DITA document stored in a PTC Server directly in the Resource Manager dialog box. You are able to do the following operations in the Resource Manager:
• Check out objects
• Undo the check out of objects
• Display object properties
• Search for objects and display the results directly in the Resource Manager
• Display a preview of image objects stored on the PTC Server
Follow these steps to work with PTC Server objects in the Resource Manager:
1. Choose > and connect to your PTC Server as usual through the Connect dialog box.
2. Choose > to open the Browser.
3. Use the Browser to locate a DITA document object you need to work on, then either choose > or click the Edit button to open the document in Arbortext Editor.
4. Close the Browser.
5. Choose > to open the Resource Manager.
In the Resource Manager browser and Look in option, there is now a node named PTC Server. If you expand that node, you see the contents of your active PTC Server workspace and the products and libraries to which you have access. If you are connected to a PTC Server that has the Windchill Service Information Manager feature installed, you can also see the Information Structure for any product context in the Resource Manager browser before the folders. You can open the Information Structure hierarchy and view its contents.
You can select a document object in the browser and either click the Resource ManagerMenu button or right-click to open the shortcut menu. In either case, the menu contains the following additional choices for PTC Server objects:
• Check Out and Edit — Opens the selected CMS object in Arbortext Editor for editing.
• Check Out — Checks out (locks) the selected unlocked CMS object.
• Undo Check Out — Cancels the check out of a CMS object and discards any changes made to that checked out version.
• Properties — Displays the
Object Properties dialog box containing the properties of the selected object.
• Search CMS — Displays the
Search dialog box.
This choice is also available as a toolbar button
. Search results appear in the
CMS Search Results part of the
Resource Manager browser.
• Clear CMS Search Results — Clears any CMS objects that have been added to the CMS Search Results part of the Resource Manager browser.
On the Resource ManagerImage tab, there is a Preview control that enables you to preview an image stored on a PTC Server. To preview an image, select the image in the Resource Manager browser and click the Display button under the Preview control. Note that previewing an image adds that image to your current workspace.
The
Resource Manager also has a
Current Document Folder button
. If you click this button while editing a document stored on a PTC Server, the location displayed in the
Resource Manager browser moves to the PTC Server folder containing that document.
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