Tips and Tricks for Working With Projects

This section contains additional information on using multi-file projects.

  • Use ASCII project names. You must use an ASCII name for the project when saving the project from TIBCO Designer. Project names must not use the following characters: | / \ " ' : ?.

  • Avoid naming collision. You cannot place a multi-file project and a single-file (.dat) project into the same directory.

  • Place schema in the AESchemas folder. If you edit your project file in an XML editor and define schema outside the /AESchemas folder, the schema are placed in a directory called __NON__DEFAULT__SCHEMA__FOLDER__ in /tibco/public/<type> where type is the kind of object (that is, class, scalar, union, and so forth).

    It is cleaner to have schema files under /AESchemas. In addition, it is required you place schema files into /AESchemas if you wish to edit your project using TIBCO Designer.

    Note that while editing schema files is not prohibited, you do so at your own risk.

  • Consider using global variable groups. Use global variable groups to allow multiple developers to work on global variables simultaneously. Each group has its own file in the multi-file project. For more information, see Global Variables.

    Note, however, that an excessive amount of global variables (over 500) can lead to problems.