Learning the Basics

Goal: Learn about Sybase Unwired WorkSpace and how to access help.

Prerequisites
Start Unwired WorkSpace.
Task
  1. From the Welcome page, select any of the links to familiarize yourself with the Unwired WorkSpace environment.
    To close this page, click the X. You can reopen this page by selecting Help > Welcome.
  2. Select Start Development to access the Sybase Unwired WorkSpace development environment.
    Look at the area (window or view) that you will be working in to access, create, define, and update mobile business objects (MBOs).
    View Description
    WorkSpace Navigator This view displays mobile application project folders, each of which contains all project-related resources in subfolders, including MBOs, data source references to which the MBOs are bound, personalization keys, and so on.

    Use this view to review and modify MBO-related properties.
    Enterprise Explorer A window that provides functionality to connect to various enterprise back-end systems; for example, database servers, SAP® servers, and Sybase Unwired Server.
    Mobile Application Diagram 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 data source, when creating an MBO. For example, you may want to model your MBOs before creating the data sources to which they bind. This is sometimes called the top-down approach.
    • Drag items from Enterprise Explorer and drop them onto the Mobile Application Diagram to create the MBO – quickly creates the operations and attributes automatically based on the data source being dropped on the Mobile Application Diagram. This is sometimes called the bottom-up approach.

    Each new mobile application project generates an associated Mobile Application Diagram.
    Palette Access the Palette from the Mobile Application Diagram. It 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. You cannot create an MBO from the Properties view, but generally, most development and configuration is performed here.
    Outline view

    Displays an outline of the file that is currently open in the editor area, and lists structural elements. The contents are editor-specific.

    Problem view

    Displays problems, errors, or warnings that you may encounter.

  3. To access the online help, select Help > Help Contents from the main menu bar.
  4. Expand any of the documents that appear in the left pane.
    Some documents are for Sybase Unwired Platform, while others are for the Eclipse development environment.