Solutions Console

Plugin Management for the CA Gen Toolset

The Solutions Console is offered to you by QAT Global to provide an enhanced interface for plug-in organization and presentation within the CA Gen toolset. We offer a wide variety of plug-ins for CA Gen. To find out more about the console, take a look at the demo, or just download it and give it a try. The console itself is free.

Support – Please check the FAQ below first. If doesn’t answer your question or resolve your issue, please e-mail us with full details of the problems encountered at support@qat.com.

No limitation in the number of plug-ins installed

Today, the Gen toolset is limited to 20 plug-ins. The Solutions Console supports an unlimited number of plug-ins.

No toolset cluttering

Instead of having several menu items corresponding to different plug-ins, the user only needs to have the console installed to have access to all plug-ins.

Improved communication

Provides a graphical and always up to date environment for customers to read and learn about the plug-ins available from QAT. An optional live update feature will ensure that the content is always up to date.

Improved Administration

Provides an administrative function to manage a Favorites list.

Download

To download the Solutions Console, please click on the link below.

Solutions Console Gen 7.x and 8.0 – Setup file for installing the Solutions Console for CA Gen 7.x (Compatible with Windows 7)

Plugins

File	Description	Offered by
ProtectionReportSetup	Protection Report for main objects in a subset	QAT Global (free)

Other plug-ins are available from the Console. Look out for the Solutions Console Enabled button.

Solutions Console Demo

The console is offered to you by QAT Global to provide an enhanced interface for plug-in organization and presentation within the CA Gen toolset.

Demo

Demo

The demo will take you through a series of screen shots showing the basic principles of the Solutions Console.

To start the demo, select the Next tab

Because the console is so easy and install and use, this demo is very short. For more information, why not download and install the console!

The Solutions Console is accessed from the CA Gen Plug-in menu.

The Solutions Console main menu

The console is displayed when you launch it from the Gen plug-in menu.

The console uses a tree view containing the following sections:

My Favorites – the installed plug-ins that you have promoted to this section.
Installed Plug-ins – plug-ins that have been installed into the Solutions Console
Other Solutions – other plug-ins available from QAT

You can quickly launch a plug-in by double-clicking on the plug-in in either the My Favorites or Installed Plug-ins section.

The console contains an optional Live Update feature that will refresh the list of available plug-ins. This ensures that the console is always up to date. Live Update can be configured to execute automatically or on demand by pressing the Live Update button on the toolbar.

If you have installed plug-ins into the Gen menu, these can be imported to the Installed Plug-ins section using the Import button. Plug-ins installed into the console can also be exported to the Gen Plug-in menu using the Export button.

The Solutions Console displaying details on an available plug-in.

To view details on a solution, navigate to the desired solution and click on it. The console then expands to show details on the plug-in and how to obtain it.

Each plug-in has its own page that provides an overview of the functionality, details on the latest version, vendor and links to the vendor’s website from where you can obtain further details and also obtain the plug-in software.

Solutions Console FAQ

The Solutions Console is offered to you by QAT Global to provide an enhanced interface for plug-in organization and presentation within the CA Gen toolset.

What is a plug-in?

A plug-in is an application that is accessed from within the CA Gen toolset. Because the application has been launched from the toolset, it is able to directly access and update the model and hence provide more functions than an application that is launched outside of the toolset.

Why do I need the Solutions Console?

The Solutions Console overview page describes the benefits of using the Solutions Console.

What version of Gen does the Solutions Console require?

The Solutions Console requires the Gen plug-in facility and will work with CA Gen 6.5 and above.

What plug-ins are available with the Console

QAT Global offers a wide variety of plug-ins for CA Gen. The Console tree view shows you which plug-ins are available and provides links so that you can download and install the plug-ins.

Is the Console free?

Yes, the Solutions Console is provided free of charge.

Are the plug-ins free?

Some of the plug-ins are free and many of the plug-ins can be evaluated for a trial period.

What about my current plug-ins?

You can import plug-ins from the Gen plug-in menu to the Console so that they can be accessed from the Console menu.

Common Support Questions

What version of Gen does the Solutions Console require?

The Solutions Console requires the Gen plug-in facility and will work with CA Gen 6.5 and above.

The plug-ins do not work from the Gen menu

Make sure that you have started the toolset with the /Automation parameter, i.e. toolset.exe /Automation for Gen 7 and coolgen.exe /Automation for Gen 6.5

The console does not load when invoked from the Plug-in

One possible cause is that the Gen runtime file wru650n.dll is not correctly registered. If you did not have the gen runtimes registered on your workstation, the Console Setup program will have registered wru650n.dll from the GenRtm directory. Either re-register your copy of the Gen runtime or register the GenRtmwru650n.dll using regsvr32.exe.

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