Term component
A component is a directory in the Windows file system that is given special properties by octoplant. A octoplant component can therefore only be created by octoplant and its properties are recognized only in the octoplant system. The external structure of the component resembles that of a virtual container. It contains a main project and any number of secondary files, which should be included in the project engineering (for example, a S7 project and an E-Plan as PDF).
A locally existing component is displayed in the file manager, such as Windows Explorer, as a normal directory. If a component is not in the local client archive, but only on the server, it will not displayed in the file manager.
When a component is created in octoplant, a database entry is created in parallel with the project structure. This will contain all settings related to the component. From these, the following information can be obtained:
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The icon that will be displayed in the UserClient project tree instead of the folder icon.
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The comparator types and the method to be used in the comparison process
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The files included in or excluded from the comparison process
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The files that have been saved in or excluded from a version
When a user deletes a component locally, it remains in the server archive and is grayed out in the UserClient's project tree.
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| UserClient -> Creating new components |