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The following steps explain how to extend the standard archive pool to be able to use additional software components (SCs) as dependent archives. When you create a development configuration from scratch, you specify the location for archive provider for the development configuration. By default it points to the archive pool delivered with the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio. After the development configuration is created, the list of dependent SC compartments is shown in the Component Browser view. You can extend the archive pool list with a SC delivered in addition from SAP or third-party vendors.

Procedure

Extending Using Archive SC

  1. Store the software component archive (SCA) file on your local file system or at least a place from which your Developer Studio has read access.

  2. From the context menu of the development configuration choose Start of the navigation path New  Next navigation step  Software Component End of the navigation path...

  3. Enter exactly the same SC name and vendor.

    Open the SCA and have a look at the SAP_MANIFEST.MF file to get the SoftwareComponent and Vendor name.

  4. Choose the SC type Archive SC . Choose Finish .

  5. The new SC is created in the list. Open the SC's context menu and choose Import .

  6. Browse to the SCA file that belongs to the specified SC. Complete the dialog.

    If the Name , Vendor or State does not match the import is not possible.

    In the SC, you can find all contained development components (DCs).

Extending Using Source SC

  1. Store the SCA file on your local file system or at least a place from which your Developer Studio has read access.

  2. From the context menu of the development configuration choose Start of the navigation path New Next navigation step Software Component End of the navigation path...

  3. Enter exactly the same SC name and vendor.

    Open the SCA and have a look at the SAP_MANIFEST.MF file to get the Software Component and Vendor name.

  4. Choose the SC type SourceSC . Choose Finish .

  5. The new Archive SC is automatically added to the list of SCs available for SC dependencies. If a SC of type Source SC is already available and you need to add an SC dependency, open the Component Properties view for that SC. In the Dependencies tab you can add SCs that are part of this development configuration.

  6. You can also define use dependencies to public parts of the added SCs. The SC dependency is a prerequisite for the usage on DC level.

Extending with developed and exported SCAs

You must have a SC of type Source SC with at least one DC created and developed in the Developer Studio. To provide the SC for other users as Archive SC you have to:

  1. Export the Software Component using the context menu and choose Export...

  2. Select the DCs you want to build.

  3. Specify the Export Options .

  4. Import the DC to the other development configuration.

If the import does not work:

  1. Go to the file system where the generated SCA is stored.

  2. Open the SCA file with software for working with archives.

  3. Delete the Source archives entries.

  4. Extract the SAP_MANIFEST.MF file to your file system.

  5. Delete the source entries from the SAP_MANIFEST.MF file.