Chapter 10 Managing Shortcuts


Shortcut properties

Shortcuts have the following properties:

Property Description
Target type Type of model and object type
Target object (Name and Code) Name and code of the target object. The Properties button lets you open the target object property sheet
Target model Name of the model to which the target object belongs. The Properties button lets you open the target model property sheet
Target package Name and path of the package to which the target object belongs. The Properties button lets you open the target package property sheet or the model property sheet when there is no package
Shortcut type Type of the shortcut, external or internal
Status State of the target model which can be Closed or Opened or state of the shortcut which can be Not Found
Object1 (link shortcut) Name of the source object from which the link is dragged
Object2 (link shortcut) Name of the target object towards which the link is dragged
Generate (external shortcut) Shortcut is automatically included among the objects generated from the model when you launch the generation process
Generated as (external shortcut) Shortcut is generated as object or as shortcut in the generated model (Only available for external shortcuts). When you generate a shortcut as an object, it looses all links to the target model. When you generate a shortcut as a shortcut, it keeps its links to the target model during the generation process
Change target object Lets you change the target object of the shortcut

For more information on the Not Found status of a shortcut, see the "Changing the target object" section.

A shortcut definition also includes the following properties:

Property Description
Dependencies Objects with which the shortcut collaborates
Version Info Shortcut owner, modification and creation details

For more information on the use of the Dependencies tab for a shortcut, see the "Locating the dependent objects of a shortcut" section.

 


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