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GemBuilder User Manual
• A GemStone System Workspace for easy access to commonly used code
operations.
• GemStone Inspectors for examining and modifying the state of GemStone
objects.
• A GemStone Breakpoint Browser and a Debugger for examining and dynamically
modifying the state of a running GemStone application.
• A Session Browser for managing sessions and transactions.
• A Connector Browser for keeping track of and managing the connectors that
establish relationships between client Smalltalk objects and GemStone objects.
• A Class Version Browser for examining a class history, inspecting instances,
migrating instances, deleting versions, and moving versions to another class
history.
• A Symbol List Browser for examining the GemStone Symbol Lists that are used
for sharing objects and protecting access to objects in a multiuser environment.
• A Settings Browser for examining and setting configuration parameters for
GemBuilder.
• A User Account Management Tool for creating new user accounts, changing
account passwords, and assigning group membership.
• A Segment Tool for managing GemStone authorization at the object level.
Prerequisites
To make use of the information in this manual, you need to be familiar with the
GemStone object server and with GemStone’s Smalltalk programming language as
described in the GemStone Programming Guide. That book explains the basic
concepts behind the language and describes the most important GemStone kernel
classes.
In addition, you should be familiar with the VisualAge Smalltalk language and
programming environment as described in the VisualAge Smalltalk product
manuals.
Finally, this manual assumes that the GemStone system has been correctly
installed on your host computer as described in the GemStone System
Administrator’s Guide and that your system meets the requirements listed in your
GemBuilder Installation Guide.
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GemStone Systems, Inc.
December 2001