Using multiple Engineering Method Composer workspaces

Sometimes it is necessary to maintain more than one workspace method library, such as when working in multiple unrelated method design endeavors. By default, Engineering Method Composer creates the workspace directory in your home directory, for example, C:\Documents and Settings\IBM\MEC\workspace.75 on Windows XP for Engineering Method Composer 7.5. To create another workspace you need to start Engineering Method Composer with the option and argument -data pathname. When this instance of Engineering Method Composer is started, a new workspace folder is created using the pathname you specified. You can do this from a command line or, for easy and permanent reference, by creating a shortcut.

1. Create a copy of the Engineering Method Composer start-up icon.
2. Select the copy and right-click. Select Properties.
3. In the Target field, add the -data option and a pathname as shown in the following example:
   "C:\Program Files\IBM\MEC76\eclipse.exe" -product com.ibm.rmc.rcp.ui.75.composer -data "C:\primary_workspace"
   The workspace folder is created when you start Engineering Method Composer.
4. Repeat this procedure for each new workspace.