The Resource Adapter Wizard helps you create a resource adapter, provide an EAR, and generate a
from the information that you enter into the first two screens of the Wizard. The Wizard bundles a
into a Resource Adapter .rar file, hereafter called a RAR file.
Use of Wizard Dialogs
The wizard allows you to create new Resource Adapters and EAR files. The
settings and configuration parameters may be conveniently provided by selecting
a created RAR or Resource Adapter in the file view of the Deployment Tool
and selecting the appropriate tab to access similar functionality in a tabbed pane.
Other RAR and Resource Adapter Functionality
Already created EARs and Resource Adapters may be added to an application by using the EAR button in the second
group of buttons on the tool bar of the primary screen of Deployment Tool. Update and deployment of the application
are accomplished using the third set of buttons on the tool bar. Finally, the correctness of the components and files of
the application may be checked before deployment using the verifier tool.
Using Wizard Screens
At any point in the process the user may do any of the following:
Click Back to review or edit the settings in the previous dialog boxes.
Click Next to advance to the next dialog box.
Click Cancel to abort the creation of the deployment descriptor. None of the settings will be saved.
Click Help to display context-sensitive help for the current dialog box.
Result From Wizard
The later screens of the Wizard offer the user the options to
Click Finish to complete the specification of the deployment descriptor.
Click Back to review or edit the settings from the previous dialog boxes.
After Finish has been clicked, the deployment descriptor may be reviewed at any time by selecting the resource adapter
from the Deployment Tool tree and choosing Descriptor View from the Tools menu.
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