Project Structure

When you save a project, TIBCO Designer creates a hierarchy of folders and files in the location you choose for the project.

Warning: When you supply a project location, be sure no other files reside in that folder. TIBCO Designer removes any existing files before placing the project files into the folder.

When you create a multi-file project:

  • There is one file per top-level resource. For ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks, that may mean one file per process. For adapters, more resources may be considered part of a top-level resource.

  • The project root directory identifies the project. The project root can be located anywhere in the file system and is determined when you first save the project. All components of a project are located under this common project root.

  • Directories in the file system become folders in TIBCO Designer. However, not all folders in TIBCO Designer are directories in the file system:

Folders created from a Folder resource in the General Palette (displays a multi-folder icon) become folders in the file system.
Other folders, such as the Adapter Services folder inside an adapter configuration are logical folders. These folders only exist in memory in the resource that holds them. The actual data for these elements is stored in the file of the top-level resource. For example, the Adapter Services data are stored in the Adapter Configuration file.
  • TIBCO Designer creates a file named vcrepo.dat in the project root directory when you first save the project. This file is used to store properties such as display name, TIBCO Rendezvous encoding, and description. This file can be used for identification in place of the project root directory and can be used as the repository locator string (repoUrl).