Project Explorer View

The Project Explorer view provides a hierarchical view of DPU projects in the workspace, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Project Explorer View

By default, the Project Explorer view is included in the DPU Tuner perspective. If the view is missing from the DPU Tuner perspective, you can add it to the perspective as follows:
  1. Choose Windows > Show View > Other from the top menu bar.
  2. In the prompted Show View dialog, choose General > Project Explorer and click OK.

Toolbar

Table 1 describes the key buttons in the toolbar of the Project Explorer view.

Table 1. Key Toolbar Buttons in the Project Explorer View
Button Description
Collapse All Collapses the tree expansion state of all projects in the view.
Link with Editor Toggles whether the Project Explorer view selection is linked to the active editor.

If this option is selected, changing the active editor automatically updates the Project Explorer selection to the project being edited.
View Menu Provide menu items that allow you to sort or filter the contents of the

Toolbar Menu

Table 2 describes the items in the menu displayed when you click the View Menu button in the toolbar.

Table 2. Toolbar Menu Items in the Project Explorer View
Item Description
Top Level Elements Allows you to choose whether to show working sets or projects as top-level elements.

Selecting Working Sets allows easy grouping of projects in a large workspace.
Select Working Set Opens the Select Working Set dialog that allows you to select a working set in order to display only the projects within the selected working set in the Project Explorer view.
Deselect Working Set Deselects the current working set to display all the projects within the workspace in the Project Explorer view.
Edit Active Working Set Opens the Edit Working Set dialog that allows you to add or remove projects in the current working set and rename it.
Customize View Opens the Available Customizations dialog that allows customization of the Project Explorer view.

In the Available Customizations dialog, you can select the types of files and contents to be display in the Project Explorer view.
Link with Editor Toggles whether the Project Explorer view selection is linked to the active editor.

If this option is selected, changing the active editor automatically updates the Project Explorer selection to the project being edited.

Context Menu

Table 3 describes the items in the menu displayed when you right-click anywhere in the Project Explorer view.

Table 3. Context Menu Items in the Project Explorer View
Item Description
New Allows you to create a new resource in the workspace by selecting the resource type from the submenu.
Go Into Shows only the subresources of the selected resource in the Project Explorer view.
Copy Copies the selected resources to the clipboard.
Paste Pastes the resources on the clipboard to the selected project or folder.

lf a same-level resource is selected, the resources on the clipboard are pasted as siblings of the selected resource.
Delete Deletes the selected resources from the workspace.
Move Opens the Move Resources dialog that allows you to move the selected resources to a specified location.
Rename Opens the Rename Resource dialog that allows you to specify a name for the selected resource.
Import Opens the Import wizard that allows you to select and import resources into the workspace.
Export Opens the Export wizard that allows you to export resources to an external location.
Refresh Refreshes the hierarchical view of the DPU projects in the Project Explorer view.

For example, after you create a file for an existing project in your local explorer, you can use this item to load the new file in Project Explorer view.
Close Project Closes the selected projects.

This item is available only if open projects are selected.
Close Unrelated Projects Closes the projects that are not related to the selected projects.

This item is available only if open projects are selected.
Open Project Opens the selected projects.

This item is available only if closed projects are selected.
Team Provides version control through a version control system that is associated with the project.

Share Project in the submenu is provided by the VTunerClient workbench. It opens a wizard that allows you to share the selected resource with any supported version control system. You can use this item to manage resources that are not under version control by the associated system.

For information about other items in the submenu, see Workbench User Guide.
Compare With Allows you to perform the following types of comparison:
  • Compare two or three selected resources with each other
  • Compare the selected resource with remote versions

    This comparision type is supported only if the project is associated with a version control system.

  • Compare the selected resource with a local history state

For more details, see Workbench User Guide.
Replace With Allows you to repace the selected resource with a state from the local history.

lf the project is associated with a version control system, there may be additional replacement options provided by the system.

For more details, see Workbench User Guide.
Restore from Local History Allows you to restore deleted resources from the local history.

For more details, see Workbench User Guide.
Properties Opens the property window that shows the properties of the selected resource.
The properties displayed depend on the type of the selected resource. Resource properties may include but are not limited to:
  • Path relative to the project in which it is loated
  • Type of resource
  • Absolute file system path, or name of path variable when using linked resources
  • Resolved path variable when using a path variable for a linked resource
  • Size of resource
  • Last modified date
  • Read-only status
  • Derived resource status
  • Execution arguments, if it is an executable resource
  • Program launchers, if it is launchable
  • Project dependencies, if any