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DIS menu

After you have installed the DIS extension, the Microsoft Visual Studio menu bar will have a DIS menu.

The following sections provide more information on the DIS menu:

DMA

In the DMA submenu, you can find the following commands:

  • Connect

    The Connect submenu lists all the DMAs configured in the DMA tab of the DIS Settings window. In the list, click the DMA to which you want DataMiner Integration Studio to connect. See DMA

  • Disconnect

    If you click Disconnect, DataMiner Integration Studio will disconnect from the DMA to which it was connected. See DMA

  • Import Protocol

    If you click Import Protocol, the Import Protocol dialog box will allow you to import a copy of an existing protocol XML file found on the DMA to which DIS is connected. In order to make a clear distinction between main protocols and DVE protocols, the Import Protocol dialog box lists all available protocols in a three-level tree structure:

    • Level 1: Main protocols
    • Level 2: Protocol versions
    • Level 3: DVE protocols

    You can import multiple protocols at once (even a combination of main protocols and DVE protocols). Select the protocols you want to import, and click Import. Each protocol will be opened in a separate tab.

    Note
    • Use the filter box in the top-right corner to filter the list of protocols.
    • In order to prevent users from accidentally publishing a DVE protocol, it is not possible to publish a DVE protocol from inside DIS. When DIS detects that the Protocol/Name tag contains a parentProtocol attribute and that it is not empty, publishing will fail and a warning message will appear.
    • When DIS connects to a DataMiner Agent, it always uses polling.
    • If this Import Protocol command is unavailable, you are not connected to a DMA. In the DMA menu, go to Connect, and click the DMA to which you want DIS to connect. See DMA

  • Import Automation script

    If you click Import Automation script, the Import Automation Script dialog box will allow you to import a copy of an existing Automation script XML file found on the DMA to which DIS is connected.

    You can import multiple Automation scripts at once. Select the scripts you want to import, and click Import. Each script will be opened in a separate tab.

    Note
    • Use the filter box in the top-right corner to filter the list of Automation scripts.
    • When DIS connects to a DataMiner Agent, it always uses polling.
    • If this Import Automation script.. command is unavailable, you are not connected to a DMA. In the DMA menu, go to Connect, and click the DMA to which you want DIS to connect. See DMA
Note
  • When, in the DIS menu, you select DMA > Import Protocol while an Automation script solution is open, a pop-up window will appear, saying that it is impossible to import a protocol while an Automation script solution is open.
  • When, in the DIS menu, you select DMA > Import Automation Script while a protocol solution is open, a pop-up window will appear, saying that it is impossible to import an Automation script while a protocol solution is open.
  • When, in the DIS menu, you select DMA > Import Automation Script while an Automation script solution is open, a pop-up window will appear, asking you whether you want the script to be imported into the open Automation script solution.

Administration > Open Driver Help

If a connector help page is available on DataMiner Connector Documentation, selecting Open Driver Help will open that page in the default web browser.

If no matching page can be found, you will be directed to a page explaining how to add a new connector documentation page.

Protocol > Generate QAction helper code

C# helper classes are automatically added or updated each time you switch from an XML editor tab to a C# editor tab (or vice versa). If, however, you want to force an ad hoc update of all C# helper classes, you can select Protocol > Generate QAction Helper Code.

Protocol > Convert to Solution

If you want to convert the standalone protocol XML file you opened in the XML editor to a protocol solution, select Protocol > Convert to Solution...

Check for updates

Important

This feature has been removed from DIS v3.0 onwards. DIS is now available on the Visual Studio Marketplace.

If you click Check for updates…, the DIS Update dialog box will appear. This dialog box will indicate whether or not a new DIS version is available.

Help

If you click Help, the DataMiner Integration Studio user guide will open in a browser window.

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