Using Exported Patterns

When you use the "Apply Pattern" action against an application definition file (.appdef), the pattern toolkit will search for patterns that can be applied. One of the places searched is a directory on disk that can contain exported patterns (see Exporting Patterns). You can designate which directory is to be searched for patterns by using Window -> Preferences -> Patterns.

Once the external pattern directory is specified, you can place exported patterns (in .patzip files) in that directory or any of its subdirectories. When you apply a pattern to an application definition in that workspace, the patterns in that directory tree will be found and presented in a selection. Note that if only one pattern is found, there will be no selection list, that one pattern will be selected automatically.


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