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The Deploy task panel enables you to compile and deploy your model on-demand so you can check it.

The Deploy task panel contains the following items:

Item

Description

DC

The development component in which the active model is stored. When you choose to compile or deploy a model, all models stored in this development component are compiled or deployed.

Include dependencies

Compiles or deploys all the models used throughout the dependency chain of the active model.

This means that any components referenced from the current model, any components referenced from the referenced components, and so on, are all compiled or deployed, regardless of the development component in which they are located (meaning that if a referenced model resides in another development component, all models in that development component are also deployed). Depending on the length of the dependency chain, this may take some time.

Compile

Creates the XGL code for the active model (and other models, if applicable) and passes it to the runtime provider to convert as needed.

Deploy

Performs the compilation process (see above) and then takes the runtime format files and creates an archive file that can be deployed to the AS Java.

Note Note

If the Deploy button is disabled, verify that you have selected a runtime environment (not XGL) in the Runtime field.

Make sure that you have saved the current model (and any dependent models, if relevant) before compiling or deploying the model. If you have not saved the models, a message is displayed asking whether you want Visual Composer to save them before continuing with the selected operation. You can select the Automatically save models before build checkbox in the Compiler section of the Options pane (  Tools   Options  ) to automatically save all open models before compilation or deployment operations.

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Results pane

Displays information regarding the compilation or deployment process, as described below.

View source code

Displays the compiled XGL source code.

<Development Component>

Each development component that was deployed is displayed in the results pane. You can expand each development component to display links to all the components defined as applications in the development component that was deployed (and also in any development components in the dependency chain, if the Include dependencies checkbox was selected). You can click an application link to run the specific application in the runtime environment to which it was deployed.

Note Note

If you deployed a model and there are no application links displayed, it means that there were no models defined as applications in the current development component.

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Info/Warnings/Errors

Displays groups of informative messages, warnings, and errors that may have occurred during compilation and deployment. You can click a link in this group to highlight the problematic element on the Design board, where relevant.