Servers Manager Dialog

Used to select and manage WCS servers.

Opens when you click the Servers (selection) button in the WCS Coverage Editor dialog.

When the WCS Coverage Editor opens a dialog for the first time, it retrieves the value of the configuration variable MS_WCS_SERVERS to get the name of the file that contains the list of servers. If the file does not exist when the WCS Coverage Editor is invoked, the WCS Coverage Editor creates it by copying the file specified by MS_WCS_SERVERS_SEED.

Setting	Description
Add WCS Server URL	Opens the Create Server Definition dialog allowing the user to add a new WCS server to the list.
Delete Server Entry	Use to delete the selected server entry.
Import Server URLs	Use to import server URLs from another file. The logic for importing servers from file can import from an XML file or from a txt file. When importing from an XML file, it tries to parse the file assuming that it is in the same format as the file named by MS_WCS_SERVERS. See that file for an example of the format. When importing from a txt file, it treats every line in the file as a URL. After reading a line, it translates every XML escape sequence to the corresponding character. For example, if the URL contains %apos; it replaces that sequence with an apostrophe. This is important in case the file was generated from an XML file. Next it removes any URL escape sequences such as %2f. Finally, it prepends http: if the URL does not begin with http:, https:, or file:. These transformations simplify the process of transforming a list of URL’s from some other source into a txt file that the importer can process.
Export Server URLs	Use to export server URLs to another file.
Toggle Favorite Status	Use to mark a server as Favorite. Servers marked as Favorite appear at the top of the list.
URL/Connection	Displays the list of WCS server URLs as well as their connection status. Double-click on a server entry to connect to the server. If the user clicks on any column headers, the Servers Manager sorts the list by that column. If the user selects another column header, the selected column is used as the top criterion, and the previous selection is used as the second. A right-click menu allows the following actions: Add WCS Server URL — same as the Add button Edit URL — opens a dialog to let the user edit the URL Retry Connection — retry if the current Connection status is error Remove from list — same as the Delete button Change Favorites Status — same as the Favorites button
Server	Displays the selected WCS Server.
Ok	Accepts all changes, writes them to the file, and updates the WCS Coverage Editor dialog with the selected server connection.