The EntireX design-time user interface is implemented as part of Software AG Designer and delivered as an Eclipse feature. It provides various wrappers, IDL extractors, editors and testers for generating and testing RPC communication between RPC servers and RPC client applications.

Scope	Lists the EntireX components of the Designer, with links to more information.
Supported File Types	EntireX file types supported by Designer.
Server Mapping Files for Natural	Handling server mapping files for Natural in the Designer. Server mapping files are used at runtime to marshal and unmarshal the RPC data stream. This document provides information on source control, comparing etc. of server mapping files.
Server Mapping Files for COBOL	Handling server mapping files for COBOL in the Designer. Server mapping files are used at runtime to marshal and unmarshal the RPC data stream. This document provides information on migration, source control, comparing etc. of server mapping files.
Deployment Wizard	How to deploy server-side mapping files (Designer files with extension .svm) with the Server Mapping Deployment Wizard.
IDL Tester	Using the EntireX IDL Tester.
Custom Wrappers	How to define your own template-based wrappers.
Command-line Mode	Using EntireX design-time features from a Designer command line.
Storing IDL Properties	Using an external file to store IDL properties for export/import.

See also Installing EntireX Design-time outside the Designer. This document is applicable if you want to install the EntireX design-time separately, that is, not as part of the full webMethods EntireX installation.

If you are not yet familiar with Eclipse, see the Eclipse online help at http://www.eclipse.org/documentation/, or start the Designer and then choose Help > Help Contents. General information on Eclipse can then be found under Workbench User Guide. When working with the Designer, the online help also provides help for the currently installed Software AG products; this can be found under Software AG Designer Guides.

You can find an introduction to the Designer on the Software AG Documentation website at http://documentation.softwareag.com under Guides for Shared Tools > Working with Software AG Designer.