Chapter 6 Managing Objects
When a file object is an artifact, it is no more used for documentation purposes as a reference to a file, but becomes an integrated part in the application design.
If an artifact has an extension that corresponds to an extension defined in the Extension column of the Editors page in the General Options dialog box together with the <internal> keyword defined in both the Editor Name and Editor Command columns of the same page, a Contents tab is displayed in the artifact property sheet. The Contents tab allows you to edit the artifact file directly in the internal text editor of PowerDesigner.
From the internal text editor toolbar, you can use the following tools and keyboard shortcuts:
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Open Editor Contextual Menu | shift + F11 |
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Edit With. Opens the default editor you previously defined or allows you to select another editor if you click the down arrow beside this tool | ctrl + E |
For more information on the use of artifact files, see the "Defining file objects in a deployment diagram" section in the Building Physical Diagrams chapter of the OOM User's guide .
For more information on defining text editors, see section Defining a text editor in chapter Using the PowerDesigner interface.
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