Administration

Administration allows you to manage your Rapid server and applications.

Rapid server administration

At the top of the administration screen are features with affect your Rapid Server:

- To create a new application use the Create... button. You will be prompted to enter a name and title for your application with an optional description. The name is used to create a prefix unique to your application which is used for all resource files. It's recommended that the name is as short as possible, but should also include a version number. You'll notice only the characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, -, and _ are allowed. The title is presented to users. Finally the description is an optional free text field.

- To import a Rapid previously exported Rapid application use the Import button. You will be prompted to browse to the exported .zip file and specify a name for the imported app. The name must be unique and only the characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, -, and _ are allowed. Your imported application will assume the new name, but will retain the same title.

- To select a Rapid application to manage in detail use the Application drop down. Only Rapid applications in which you have the "RapidAdmin" security role will appear. Once you select an application the administration tabs will appear.

- To open the designer to the application you have selected use the Design... button

- Rapid is highly extendable and you are able to create your own controls, actions, and adapters. Should you modify any of these and wish to reload them into a running Rapid server use the corresponding reload button. Should you modify any controls, or actions you will also have to reload the applications as this will regenerate the application source files, and incorporate your changes.