Message Flow editor
The Message Flow editor is the default editor that is provided by the Integration Development perspective for defining a graphical representation of a message flow in the IBM® Integration Toolkit, and for setting properties for individual message flow nodes.
Open a message flow file (.msgflow) in the Application Development view to launch the appropriate editor in the Editor view. The Editor view is where you select built-in and user-defined nodes, and the connections between them, to define a message flow.
Use the Outline view to see a summary of the content of the resource that is open in the Editor view. Use the Problems view to see information and error messages that are associated with the resource that is open in the Editor view.
Message Flow editor views
The Message Flow editor contains the following views:
Message Flow editor toolbar
The icons in the toolbar and their actions are shown in the following table.
Icon | Label | Action |
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Manhattan Layout | Displays all node connections as a series of horizontal and vertical lines | |
Show Grid | Displays a grid of horizontal and vertical dotted lines in the background of the editor area. | |
Grid Properties | Defines the horizontal and vertical spacing of the grid markers, and the gap between the borders of the editor area and the start of the grid markers. | |
Align Left | Lines up the left edge of the currently selected nodes. Enabled only when more than one node is selected. | |
Align Center | Lines up the horizontal center point (between left and right) of the currently selected nodes. Enabled only when more than one node is selected. | |
Align Right | Lines up the right edge of all the currently selected nodes. Enabled only when more than one node is selected. | |
Align Top | Lines up the top edge of the currently selected nodes. Enabled only when more than one node is selected. | |
Align Middle | Lines up the vertical center point (between top and bottom) of the currently selected nodes. Enabled only when more than one node is selected. | |
Align Bottom | Lines up the bottom edge of the currently selected nodes. Enabled only when more than one node is selected. | |
Show Distribute Box | Displays a rectangular box around the currently selected nodes. | |
Distribute Horizontally | Aligns the currently selected nodes with the nearest right or left edge within the distribute box. | |
Distribute Vertically | Aligns the currently selected nodes with the nearest top or bottom edge within the distribute box. |