2.3. Workflow

The System Designer main UI offers four tabs, which represent the tasks in XML-Based Application Creation:

• Types Definition

• QoS Specification

• Domain Definition

• Participant Definition

We suggest you start by defining a Type and proceed with the definition of the QoS. Then move to the Domain tab, register your types, and declare your Topic. Finally, use the Participant tab to define your participant, DataReaders, and DataWriters.

Of course, you can always (and probably will) go back and forth among these tabs to tweak your system.

System Designer automatically saves your projects and changes. (You can disable Autosave from the Projects menu: select Properties.)