Message set editor
The Message set editor is the default editor provided by the Integration Development perspective for editing message set (messageSet.mset) files.
The editor is launched in the editor area when you open an existing message set file using the Application Development view, or when you create a new message set file using the New Message Set File wizard.
Message set editor views
The Message set editor has the following views:
Properties Hierarchy functions
Right-click in the Properties Hierarchy to display the menu items available for the level of the hierarchy that you have currently selected:
- Undo and Redo are available for all levels in the Properties Hierarchy and apply to changes that you make in the Details view. To undo a change that you have made to a message set file, but have not yet saved, click Undo. If you undo a change, you can reinstate it by clicking Redo.
- If XML Wire Formats, Custom Wire Formats, or Tagged/Delimited String Formats are selected, menu items are available for adding physical format layers to a message set file. These are Add XML Wire Format, Add Custom Wire Format, and Add Tagged/Delimited String Format, respectively.
- If an existing physical format is selected, the following menu
items are available for the selected physical format layer:
- Apply default physical format settings applies the default physical format settings to the selected physical format layer.
- Rename renames the selected physical format layer for the message set file. Click Finish on the displayed window to confirm the change of name.
- Delete deletes the selected physical format layer from the message set file. Click Finish on the displayed window to confirm the deletion.
Details view functions
You use the Details view to define and edit global properties for the message set, and to create and edit properties for the physical format layers that you have added to the message set.
You create any required documentation for a message set in the Documentation field. Right-click in this field to display a menu of standard text editing menu items that apply specifically to this field and that allow you to undo changes, cut, copy, paste and delete text, and select all the text in the field.