Scene Composer

Real-Time Designer Scene Composer enables you to capture a snapshot of an application, which is called a scene, and then use that snapshot to capture the control(s) that it contains. Typically, a scene is a window or page in a target application, such as a calculator, a tab in a CRM application, a particular page on a website and so on, which may contain one or more controls.

Depending on your applications and requirements, it is recommended to use either Scene Composer or Screen Element connectors.

Depending on the Screen Element connectors installed, Scene Composer connectors can sometimes supplement the functionality provided by the Screen Element connectors. In some cases, Scene Composer can provide functionality that does not exist with any of the Screen Element connectors, such as General controls and ActiveX control functionalities. In other cases, Screen Element connector can provide functionality that does not exist within Scene Composer connectors, such as WPF connector, Siebel connector, Terminal connector, and SAP connector functionalities.

Typically, connectivity analysis is performed before designing a project. This analysis determines the best method to use to capture the controls in the target application. If the necessary controls can be captured using the standard method (as described in Physical Objects), then that method is preferred. However, if the standard method is not able to capture a control(s), then capturing can be performed using Scene Composer.

The key conceptual difference between the Scene Composer and the Physical Objects modules is that in Scene Composer you work on a business scene, rather than a single, specific control, as in the Physical Objects module. For example, you can define a specific website page as a scene, such as a page that is used to create a customer and enter their details.

From APA version 6.7, you can use scenes in more than one solution simultaneously. The scenes must have unique names across all the solutions in use.

For a list of available screen connectors and extensions, see Connectivity IDD - RTI.