NaturalONE Version 8.3.7
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Understanding the Behavior of the Natural Builder

You can customize the NaturalONE environment to your specific needs. You can decide which of the Eclipse-specific build commands you want to use from the Project menu, and you can change the behavior of the Natural builder by changing the settings in the Natural preferences. How the Natural builder handles specific actions and commands depends on the following settings:

For detailed information on the above-mentioned Natural preferences, see Natural > Builder in Setting the Preferences.

An overview is provided in the table below.

No. Action Build Automatically Build Natural projects automatically Scratch server objects Results
1 Add object to workspace or modify existing object in workspace On / Off Off On / Off
  • If the object is new, it is added to the Natural builder's object management.

  • The object is marked with an upload and stow flag (if appropriate).

  • Depending on the type of the object and the setting of the project's PCHECK parameter, other objects that call this object are marked with a catalog flag.

  • The Build Natural Project command of NaturalONE is enabled.

2 Off On On / Off See the result for No. 1.
3 On On On / Off
  • If the object is new, it is added to the Natural builder's object management.

  • The object is uploaded and stowed (if appropriate) in the Natural environment.

  • Depending on the type of the object and the setting of the project's PCHECK parameter, other objects that call this object are cataloged in the Natural environment.

  • The Build Natural Project command of NaturalONE is enabled.

4 Delete object from workspace On / Off On / Off Off
  • The object is removed from the Natural builder's object management.

  • If no other object within the current Natural project has been modified, the Build Natural Project command of NaturalONE is disabled.

5 Off On / Off On
  • See the result for No. 4.

  • Depending on the type of the object and the setting of the project's PCHECK parameter, other objects that call this object are marked with a catalog flag.

  • The object waits to be scratched from the Natural environment.

6 On Off On See the result for No. 5.
7 On On On
  • The object is removed from the Natural builder's object management.

  • The object is scratched from the Natural environment.

  • Depending on the type of the object and the setting of the project's PCHECK parameter, other objects that call this object are cataloged in the Natural environment.

8 Execute Build Natural Project command of NaturalONE On / Off Off Off
  • All objects within the current Natural project that have an upload flag are uploaded to the Natural environment. If the upload was successful, the upload flag is removed.

  • All objects within the current Natural project that have a stow flag are stowed in the Natural environment. If stowing was successful, the stow flag is removed.

    Note:
    An object is only stowed if the preceding upload was successful.

  • All objects within the current Natural project that have a catalog flag are cataloged in the Natural environment. If cataloging was successful, the catalog flag is removed.

    Note:
    A catalog flag is only shown if the object does not need to be uploaded.

9 On / Off Off On
  • See the result for No. 8.

  • The objects waiting to be scratched are scratched from the Natural environment.

10 Off On Off See the result for No. 8.
11 Off On On See the result for No. 9.
12 On On On / Off The Build Natural Project command of NaturalONE is disabled.
13 Execute Build Project command in Project menu of Eclipse On On / Off On / Off The Build Project command in the Project menu is disabled.
14 Off Off On / Off The Build Project command in the Project menu has no effect on Natural projects.
15 Off On Off See the result for No. 8.
16 Off On On See the result for No. 9.
17 Execute Clean command in Project menu of Eclipse On / Off Off Off
  • All objects are removed from the Natural builder's object management.

  • All objects are added to the Natural builder's object management.

  • The upload, stow and catalog flags are preserved.

18 On / Off Off On
  • All objects are removed from the Natural builder's object management.

  • All objects are added to the Natural builder's object management.

    All objects within the current Natural project are marked with a scratch, upload and stow flag (if appropriate).

19 On / Off On Off
  • See the result for No. 17.

  • See the result for No. 8.

20 On / Off On On
  • All objects are removed from the Natural builder's object management.

  • All objects are added to the Natural builder's object management.

  • All objects within the current Natural project are scratched from the Natural environment.

  • All objects within the current Natural project are uploaded to Natural environment. If the upload fails, the upload flag is not removed.

  • All objects within the current Natural project are stowed (if appropriate) in the Natural environment. If stowing fails, the stow flag is not removed.

Note:
An object is only stowed if the preceding upload was successful.

21 Execute Upload command of NaturalONE not applicable not applicable not applicable
  • All selected objects are uploaded to the Natural environment.

  • If the upload was successful and if flags where previously shown for the objects, the upload and scratch flags of the uploaded objects are removed.

22 Execute Update command of NaturalONE not applicable not applicable not applicable
  • All selected objects are uploaded to the Natural environment and stowed (if appropriate) in the Natural environment.

    Note:
    An object is only stowed if the preceding upload was successful.

  • If the upload and stowing/cataloging was successful and if the corresponding flags where previously shown for the objects, the upload, stow/catalog and scratch flags of the uploaded objects are removed.

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