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11 <title>Connecting to a repository (LTPDA Toolbox)</title>
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15 "Presents an overview of the features, system requirements, and starting the toolbox.">
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21 <p style="font-size:1px;">&nbsp;</p>
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23 <table class="nav" summary="Navigation aid" border="0" width=
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25 <tr>
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26 <td valign="baseline"><b>LTPDA Toolbox</b></td><td><a href="../helptoc.html">contents</a></td>
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28 <td valign="baseline" align="right"><a href=
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29 "repo_gui.html"><img src="b_prev.gif" border="0" align=
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30 "bottom" alt="Using the LTPDA Repository GUI"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=
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31 "repo_gui_submit.html"><img src="b_next.gif" border="0" align=
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32 "bottom" alt="Submitting objects to a repository"></a></td>
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33 </tr>
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36 <h1 class="title"><a name="f3-12899" id="f3-12899"></a>Connecting to a repository</h1>
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37 <hr>
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39 <p>
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40 The first tab pane is the connection panel.
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41 <br>
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42 <br>
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43 <img src="images/repo_gui_connect_1.png" alt="Repo GUI Connect">
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44 <br>
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45 <br>
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46 <p>
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47 The user can select one of the pre-defined hosts or type a new hostname or IP address into the
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48 Server hostname field. If the database name is already known, it can be entered directly in the
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49 text field. If the database name is not known, a list of LTPDA repositories available on that
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50 particular host can be retrieved by clicking on the 'Get DBs' button. If the user has not already
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51 authenticated with the host, a login dialog will be presented prompting the user for a username
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52 and password. If authentication is successful, the drop-down menu to the left of the database name
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53 text entry field will be filled with the names of the available repositories.
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54 </p>
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55 <p>
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56 The user can then select a repository and connect to it by clicking the 'Connect' button. If the
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57 user has permissions to connect to that particular repository, the repository GUI will hold a
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58 database connection object for use on the other panels of the GUI.
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59 </p>
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61 <h3>Disconnecting from a repository</h3>
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63 <p>
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64 To disconnect from the current repository, click the 'Disconnect' button. This must be done before
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65 being able to connect to a different repository.
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66 </p>
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76 <td align="left" width="20"><a href="repo_gui.html"><img src=
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78 "Using the LTPDA Repository GUI"></a>&nbsp;</td>
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82 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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88 "bottom" alt="Submitting objects to a repository"></a></td>
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92 <p class="copy">&copy;LTP Team</p>
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