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Publish an Open Assembly

File → Publish → Assembly            Shared Dialog Box
Publishes an assembly to a Target Database. Publishing an assembly entails copying the assembly file, subsystem files, and all associated property files to the target database. You can overwrite files or create backups of existing files in the target database.
Your template-builder product always copies the assembly file (assembly_name.asy), subsystem files pertaining to the assembly, and corresponding property files to the new database; if you want, your template-based product can also copy the template files pertaining to each of the individual subsystems.
 
For the option:
Do the following:
Assembly Name
Select the name of an assembly. The menu lists all open assemblies.
Retain variants
Select this option to publish all assembly variants to the new assembly.
Selected variant
Select this option to publish the selected variant of the chosen assembly as the new default variant.
Delete asy variants
Select this option to publish the current state of the chosen assembly as the new default variant.
Delete all variants
Select this option to publish the current state of the chosen assembly as the new default variant. All subsystem variants will also be deleted.
Write Mode
Select one of the following:
■overwrite - Overwrites any files in the target database with the same file names.
■backup - Causes the file in the target database to be renamed before the new file is copied into the database. When you back up a file like this, the name of the new file will vary according to the operating system you are using.
Target Database
Select a writable database to which the assembly files will be published. To access a writable database not on the pull-down menu, add the database to the database list using the Add Database to Session dialog box.
Include Templates
Select it if you want to also copy the template file for each subsystem in the assembly to the target database. Otherwise, your template-based product only copies the assembly file (assembly_name.asy), subsystem files, and property files to the target database.
You can choose to include all templates or none or select a subset of templates. If you pick 'selection', a new dialog opens up that allows you to select the templates to be included from a table widget.
Please note that the contents of that table depend not only one the assembly, but also on the chosen variant options, and that the selection resets to an empty list whenever you change those options.
Please also note that those templates are simply copied from the source database, not exported from the session data. As such, path data in the templates is not updated even if the "Update Session Data …" toggle is active.
Update Session Data with 'Target Database' alias
Changes database references in the open assembly to match the target database.
Database Create
Opens the Create New Database dialog box.
Database Info
Select to display a list of the search directories, including their search level, database name, and database path.