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Creating a Design-time Library

A LibraryBuilder resource is the basis for a design-time library. Before creating a design-time library, you must have access to a LibraryBuilder resource alias.

Aliases are used to manage access to LibraryBuilder resources. The aliases you create are saved in your user profile and available to all projects you create on your machine. Other developers can export aliases to LibraryBuilder resources, so they can be imported into other projects.

When you add a LibraryBuilder resource to a project you can create an alias to it when loading the library, or pick an alias and load the corresponding library.

•	If you are working on a different machine, or are not the user who created the alias, you can import an alias to your alias list.

•	Clicking New when adding a LibraryBuilder resource allows you to define an alias and load the LibraryBuilder resource in one operation. The alias is then added to your alias list.

•	To update a LibraryBuilder resource, delete the alias to it, then add it back.

•	To delete a LibraryBuilder resource from a project, delete the alias to it.

To Create a Design-time Library

1.	Open the project to which the LibraryBuilder resource will be added.

2.	Click Project > Save.

3.	Select the project’s root folder.

4.	Click the Design Time Libraries tab.

5.	Click Pick or New.

Click Pick if you have an alias defined for the library. Select the file alias for the design time library.

Click New and navigate to the location of the design-time library. After you click Apply, a new alias for the library is added to your alias list.

6.

Click OK.

7.	Click Apply.

To Update a Design-time Library

1.	Open the project in which the design-time library will be updated.

2.	Select the project’s root folder.

3.	Click the Design Time Libraries tab.

4.	Select the File Alias for the design-time library to update.

5.	Click Delete.

6.	Click Apply.

7.	Click Pick.

8.	Select the file alias for the design time library to update.

9.

Click OK.

10.	Click Apply.

To Delete a Design-time Library

1.	Open the project in which the design-time library will be deleted.

2.	Select the project’s root folder.

3.	Click the Design Time Libraries tab.

4.	Select the File Alias for the design-time library to remove.

5.	Click Delete.

6.	Click Apply.

Using a Resource in the Design-time Library

After you have added a LibraryBuilder resource to your project, you can use the resources defined in it. The resources display in the project view like other resources but, because they cannot be modified, they are greyed out and not editable.

The next diagram shows a process that calls a process definition in the design-time library. The Process Name field points to the process definition in the design-time library.

Showing or Hiding Design-time Libraries

You can hide the design-time libraries that you have added to a project. When you hide the design-time libraries, the resources in the libraries are not available to your project. If you are using a resource in a design-time library and have hidden the library, when you build an enterprise archive file, that resource will not be part of the archive.

To Toggle Showing and Hiding Design-time Libraries

1.	Click Project > Hide Library Resources.

2.	Click Project > Show Library Resources.

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