Creating a Galaxy

After you start the IDE, the Galaxies screen appears. The first time you start the IDE you need to create a Galaxy, which is an project database. After that, you can select the Galaxy in which you are developing managed applications each time you start the IDE.

To create a Galaxy

1. Start the System Platform IDE. The Galaxies screen appears.

   

2. Under Galaxy, select a template.

   The New Galaxy dialog box appears.

   

3. Complete the fields of the New Galaxy dialog box by doing the following:

   1. In the Galaxy name box, type the name of the Galaxy that you are creating.

   2. The Template name box displays Reactor_Demo_InTouch. cab as the type of Galaxy.

   3. Select the checkbox Connect to this Galaxy.

   This is a custom Galaxy that includes the InTouch Reactor Demo application.

4. Click Create. The New Galaxy dialog box shows the progress of creating a new Galaxy.

5. Click Close after the new Galaxy is created.

6. Click Connect to connect to the Galaxy you created.

   The AVEVA System Platform IDE dialog box appears.

   

7. Click the Template tab.

8. If necessary, click the InTouch Reactor folder to show the objects within it.

The Template Toolbox shows the $ReactorDemo derived template. You can use this derived template to create a managed application or edit the application within WindowMaker.