Preferences... for opening the preferences window (see this chapter above)
Quit To exit the Software

Schema menu (active only with the XML Schema panel):



Open Schema... same as "Open Schema..." button on the schema panel. A XML Schema file is selected with this menu.
Recent Schema files Open one recent opened Schema file (4 files by default)
Save Schema Save Schema: for later improvement... since no modifications are possible now.
Save Schema as... Save the schema file with another name (open the save... window).


Database menu (active only with the XML Schema panel):



Select DB... same as open button on the schema panel. This menu is for database opening or creating.
Recent Databases Open one of the most recent opened database (4 by default).
Update DB Same as the "Update DB" button on the schema panel. When pressed the database structure is updated following indication in the Map.

During the update process, Tables and columns may be added to the actual database schema.
SysDB never remove existing tables and columns. Column may be added, size of column values may be augmented, but never diminished. When a type change is requested (should never arrived), a warning message is displayed.

Data menu (active only with the Data panel):




Add data to DB... same as "Add data to DB" button on the data panel. A XML file is selected and stored in the database with this menu. The file selector is opened, and then a map selector.
Update data in DB... Same as "Add data to DB", but only modifications are recorded. The file selector is opened, but there is no map selection. The map is selected from original file (4 by default).
Update with Recent Data Files Same as "Update data in DB", but the selected file is one of the most recent file opened.

Extract Data... same as "Extract Data" button on the data panel. The file selector is opened to select the XML file name and the file location.



Preferences items

Files preferences:



This panel allows to fix default file folders for a rapid opening and saving of files.
Path for schema Files: The default location for XML Schema files.
Path for data files: The default location for input XML files
Working directory: The default location for maps files and output XML files. The user should have write rights on this location.
By default, the locations are set to the default java location (The user home directory in most cases).

Database preferences:



This panel is for database defaults.
Server name: the default server name or ip address on the network (localhost by default).
Database name: the default database name for database connexion.
User ID: the user ID for accessing the database. The name and password are given by the database administrator.


XML Schema preferences:



Not really used. The Key will be replaced in next version by ID keys from XML Schema standard.