The Connect To option is used to determine an Elipse Power Studio connection to a server. This option allows configuring in which Domain server an Elipse Power Studio must connect, and also allows specifying whether an Elipse Power Studio must retrieve a license from the server where the Domain executes or if it must retrieve that license from another server. To use this resource, click the File - Connect To menu to open the dialog box on the next figure.
Connect To window
Available options for Connect To window
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
Connect to local server |
Enables a connection to a local server |
Connect to a server in the network |
Enables a connection to a network server. To do so, select it on the combo box |
Get license from the current Domain server |
Uses a license from a server executing a Domain |
Use license from the following server |
Uses a license from another server, not the one executing the current Domain |
If a connection to either server, Domain or license, is down, Elipse Power Studio is then disconnected from the other server. Its last configuration is stored on Windows Registry, and the next time Elipse Power Studio opens, it connects to both Domain and license servers used for the last time.
If a license server is not available or there are no licenses left, then Elipse Power Studio works in Demo mode. An Elipse Power Studio without a license, in Demo mode, can only connect to an E3 Server also executing in Demo mode.
If a license server is other than a Domain server, the name of this license server is displayed in the title of Elipse Power Studio's window, License on local server or License on <Server_Name>.
If a license server is specified, E3 Server's license window on Domain server identifies the name of a server borrowing a license for Elipse Power Studio, SERVER1 (License borrowed from SERVER2). In this case a license listed on the Domain server is not part of the total number of Elipse Power Studio licenses in use on that server.
If a Domain server does not have a license, and an Elipse Power Studio connects to this server by using another server's license, then this Domain server temporarily switches from Demo to Elipse Power Studio mode, switching back to Demo mode as soon as this Elipse Power Studio session closes.
NOTE |
When Elipse Power Studio is using a license borrowed from another server, it must remain open while this application is executing. If it is closed while this application is executing, the borrowed Elipse Power Studio license, which allows executing an application for up to six hours, is released, and E3 Server ends application execution in no more than 10 seconds. |
TIP |
When users connect to a server, it is important that applications be opened using a network path. Instead of using c:\projects\project.dom, use \\server\projects\project.dom. This way, an Elipse Power Studio and a remote E3 Server can access these files using the same path. |