Learning Unwired WorkSpace Basics

Sybase Unwired WorkSpace features are well integrated in the Eclipse IDE. If you are unfamiliar with Eclipse, you can quickly learn the basic layout of Unwired WorkSpace and the location of online help.

To access the online help, select Help > Help Contents. Some documents are for Sybase Unwired Platform, while others are for the Eclipse development environment.
The Welcome page provides links to useful information to get you started.
- Reopen the Welcome page by selecting Help > Welcome.
- To close the Welcome page, click X.
- To learn about tasks you must perform, select the Development Process icon.

In Unwired WorkSpace, look at the area (window or view) that you will use to access, create, define, and update mobile business objects (MBOs).

Window	Description
WorkSpace Navigator view	Use this view to create Mobile Application projects, and review and modify MBO-related properties. This view displays mobile application project folders, each of which contains all project-related resources in subfolders, including MBOs, datasource references to which the MBOs are bound, personalization keys, and so on.
Enterprise Explorer view	A view that provides functionality to connect to various enterprise information systems (EIS), such as database servers, SAP® back ends, and Unwired Server.
Mobile Application Diagram	The Mobile Application Diagram is a graphical editor where you create and define mobile business objects. Use the Mobile Application Diagram to create MBOs (including attributes and operations), then define relationships with other MBOs. You can: Create MBOs in the Mobile Application Diagram using Palette icons and menu selections – either bind or defer binding to a datasource, when creating an MBO. For example, you may want to model your MBOs before creating the datasources to which they bind. This MBO development method is sometimes referred to as the top-down approach. Drag and drop items from Enterprise Explorer to the Mobile Application Diagram to create the MBO – quickly creates the operations and attributes automatically based on the datasource artifact being dropped on the Mobile Application Diagram. Each new mobile application project generates an associated mobile application diagram.
Palette	The Palette is accessed from the Mobile Application Diagram and provides controls, such as the ability to create MBOs, add attributes and operations, and define relationships, by dragging and dropping the corresponding icon onto the Mobile Application Diagram or existing MBO.
Properties view	Select an object in the Mobile Application Diagram to display and edit its properties in the Properties view. While you cannot create an MBO from the Properties view, most development and configuration is performed here.
Outline view	Displays an outline of the active file and lists structural elements. The contents are editor-specific.
Problems view	Displays validation errors or warnings that you may encounter in addition to errors in the Diagram editor and Properties view. Follow warning and error messages to adjust MBO properties and configurations to avoid problems, and use as a valuable source for collecting troubleshooting information when reporting issues to Customer Service and Support.
Error Log view	Displays error log information. This is a valuable source for collecting troubleshooting information.