The Connections Panel

The Connections panel lists applications being handled by the GDC.

Overview

The "Connections" Panel lists applications that can be handled by GDC. For each application, it displays:

Name - The name of the application. This refers to the text attribute of the UserInterface Node.
Id - An internal identifier.
Type - This refers to the way the application is connected: directly connected to the Runtime System (direct) or using HTTP protocol via Genero Application Server (http).
Date - An indication when the application was started.

The figure is a screenshot of the Genero Desktop Client Connections panel. The paragrah that precedes this figure describes the content of the figure.

Figure 1. Connections panel

Switch to / Close Buttons

If you click on the Switch to button, the selected application will be raised to the top, and the focus will be set on the current window. This will allow you to find your application easily if a lot of programs are launched.

If you want to stop applications, you can select them and click on the Close button. This will send the information to the Runtime System and the application will be stopped by GDC. Close All will close all running applications.

Important: GDC will first send a close request to the runtime system, which may be interpreted differently depending on your 4GL application settings (see OPTIONS ON CLOSE APPLICATION in the runtime system documentation), and will close the network connection after a given delay if the Runtime System does not react.