Closing and opening projects

You can improve the performance of the CICS® PA plug-in by closing projects that you are not using.

Closing a project

About this task

When a project is closed, you can no longer change it in the Workbench and its resources no longer appear in the Workbench, but they do still reside on the local file system. Closed projects require less memory. Open projects are indicated by the open project icon The open project icon next to the project name. Closed projects are indicated by the closed project icon The closed project icon next to the project name.

This task closes an existing project in the CICS PA plug-in.

Procedure

  1. Locate a project in the Project Explorer view that you are not currently using.
  2. Right-click and click Close Project.

Results

The project is closed but it is still shown in the Project Explorer view.

Opening a project

About this task

This task opens an existing closed project in the CICS PA plug-in.

Procedure

  1. Locate a close project in the Project Explorer view that you want to open.
  2. Right-click and click Open Project.

Results

The project is opened and shown in the Project Explorer view.

For further information on creating projects and other Eclipse functions, see the Eclipse Workbench User Guide.