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The Paris Spooler Technical Manual
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The Resource Manager provides an easy mechanism for the distribution of Paris
resources from one system to another. Its most important role is to gather all the
resources from a newly developed or modified application in the Paris Designer
and write it to a file. When sent to the Paris Spooler and unpacked, this file
automatically updates the Spooler’s directory structure with all the files required
for this newly designed application.
resources from one system to another. Its most important role is to gather all the
resources from a newly developed or modified application in the Paris Designer
and write it to a file. When sent to the Paris Spooler and unpacked, this file
automatically updates the Spooler’s directory structure with all the files required
for this newly designed application.
The unpacking function in the Spooler is achieved simply by loading and printing
the file, however, in the Spooler, the Resource Manager can be used in exactly the
same way as in the Designer to pack and unpack files.
the file, however, in the Spooler, the Resource Manager can be used in exactly the
same way as in the Designer to pack and unpack files.
Opening the Tools menu and choosing Resource Manager will display the
Resource Manager dialog which contains five buttons/options. These are New,
Add, Open, Extract and Done. The ‘Done’ button exits the user from the Resource
Manager.
Resource Manager dialog which contains five buttons/options. These are New,
Add, Open, Extract and Done. The ‘Done’ button exits the user from the Resource
Manager.
The dialog contains two views where information is displayed. The upper view
displays the names and types of the resources that have been packed, whereas the
lower view is a log view that simply displays a log of each pack session. There is
also an Activity display, that ‘animates’ during the pack/unpack process.
displays the names and types of the resources that have been packed, whereas the
lower view is a log view that simply displays a log of each pack session. There is
also an Activity display, that ‘animates’ during the pack/unpack process.