Application Descriptor

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Creating a new Application

You can create a new application using File > New Application: this opens a new Application tab, with an empty application definition.

When you are connected to an IceGrid registry, you can also use File > New Application with Default Templates from Registry. This also opens new Application tab with a brand new application definition. This new application contains a copy of all the templates definitions contained in the IceGrid registry default template file. See IceGrid.Registry.DefaultTemplates.

Properties

The Application Properties panel offers the following fields:

  • Name
    The name of the application. This field is not editable for live applications.

  • Description
    A free-text description of this application.

  • Variables
    This table shows application-level IceGrid variables.

  • IcePatch2 Proxy
    A stringified or well-known proxy for the IcePatch2 server than contains this application's distribution. Possible values:
ValueDescription
"None selected" (default) or blankno distribution defined
${application}.IcePatch2/serverthe well-known proxy of an IcePatch2 server deployed in this application
using the IcePatch2 default server-template (with a default instance-name parameter value).
stringified proxyyour own stringified or well-known proxy
  • Directories
    List of directories included in the application distribution. When blank, the entire IcePatch2 server repository is used as the distribution.

Children

An application node can have five types of children: