Using the MCS perspective

Perspectives define the initial set and layout of views in the Workbench window. When you open the MCS perspective, MCS initially displays the set of features you are most likely to need for policy development. You can modify the layout of a perspective at any time, and Mobile Portal Toolkit will save the current set up.

Perspectives define the initial set and layout of views in the Workbench window. When you open the MCS perspective, MCS initially displays the set of features you are most likely to need for policy development. You can modify the layout of a perspective at any time, and Mobile Portal Toolkit will save the current set up.

You can select the MCS perspective in a number of ways, depending on how you have customized the Mobile Portal Toolkit environment. For example, you may decide to customized your XML editor perspective to include MCS menuitems on a menu. If you plan to use MCS frequently, you might want to make it the default perspective.

To open the MCS perspective when no menus are customized, choose Window | Open Perspective | Other.

  1. Choose Window | Preferences

  2. Expand the General category and choose Perspectives

  3. In the Available perspectives list, select MCS and click Make Default and Apply to update the list

  1. Open or select the MCS perspective and choose Window | Customize Perspective

  2. On the Shortcuts tab select 'New' in the Submenu dropdown list

  3. Check the MCS checkbox in the Shortcut Categories list and select the item

  4. Check the shortcuts you would like in the New menu and click OK

The next time you choose New in the MCS perspective the shortcuts will appear.

Choosing the MCS project wizard

  1. Open or select the perspective and choose Window | Customize Perspective

  2. On the Shortcuts tab select 'Open Perspective' or 'Show View' in the Submenu dropdown list

  3. Check the MCS checkbox in the Shortcut Categories list and click OK

The next time you choose Window | Open Perspective or Window | Show View in the perspective you have customized, MCS or the MCS views appear as a menuitems.

Note:

If you have more than one perspective open you can switch perspective by clicking on the tab.

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