After you click OK in the Engineering Options dialog box in the Schema Editor, the software synchronizing the application's metadata with the tool map schema file for each application map schema you selected. The synchronization process is an object by object comparison between the application metadata's objects and the tool map schema's objects. The software displays the results of this comparison in the Synchronize dialog box.
For every difference detected between the application's metadata and the tool map schema file, a row is displayed in this dialog box. The Class column shows the class for the difference. The Parent Name column identifies the parent object's name. For map enumerations, the parent object is the map enumerated list. For map units of measure, the parent object is the map unit of measure list, and for map properties, the parent object is the map class. For all other map objects, this column is blank.
The Name column shows the name of the object with the difference. If the difference is in a particular property value for the object, then the Property column shows the particular property that is different.
The <Tool> Database and <Tool Map Schema Path> columns show the particular actions that can be taken to eliminate the difference. Eliminating all differences results in the application's metadata and tool schema file being "synchronized". When the Synchronize dialog box appears, one of the two columns for each row is automatically selected. This is the default action that the software takes to eliminate the difference. The application's metadata adapter specifies the default actions for that application. Most of the time the software automatically selects the option in the <Tool Map Schema Path> column to eliminate the difference. You can change the action to be taken to eliminate the difference by selecting the other column for a particular row. However, changes that are not allowed by the metadata adapter result in an error message and are prevented by the software.
When the appropriate changes are selected to eliminate the differences, you can click OK. The software performs the various actions that have been selected. You are not currently allowed to cancel synchronization.
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If an error occurs during the synchronization process, a Messages dialog box provides information about the changes that failed. Click Save Message to File to save the information displayed in the dialog box to track down and resolve the issues. You can choose a location in which to save the file.
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Once the synchronization process has been successfully completed, you can click the View Adapter Log button to view a file with information about the changes made.
For more information about synchronizing tool map schemas with tool metadata, see Synchronize Tool Metadata with the Tool Map Schema.