CDE Studio Linux Link is a rapid application development tool for scripted conversations in Unity Connection 2.0(1) and later. It includes typical editor functions as well as language specific highlighting, script compiler capabilities, conversation exploration as well as prompt recording and management features that speed the development of CDE based conversations.

While CDE Studio can be used to edit any text based file such as JavaScript files, it’s designed from the ground up as a tool for engineers that need to create, edit, debug and explore Cisco Unity scripted conversation code. To find out more about the CDE scripted conversation engine, read the “CDE Script Users Guide” document which you’ll find under the help menu in CDE Studio. To find out more about the basic text editing features, review the Menu Commands, Toolbar and Right Click Menu sections that follow.

CDE Studio will show a “conversation” as a combination of a single .CDE (conversation script) and .PS (phrase server) file as a pair. The .CDE file is on the first tab in the editing section on the right hand side of the form. The phrase server is always the 2^nd tab. A single conversation in Unity can have numerous languages associated with it, each one as a separate phrase server file. To keep the interface manageable, only one phrase server file is shown. To show a different language phrase server you can use the View | Phrase Languages menu option. See the Multiple Language Conversations section below for more details on creating, editing and viewing multiple language phrase server in CDE Studio.

When a conversation is loaded through the File menu, CDE studio will automatically try to load a corresponding phrase server file and compile the conversation. If the conversation compiles properly (i.e. there are no errors in the script code) you will see the conversation navigation tabs on the left hand side of the form. See the Compiling Conversations section below for more details on the conversation compilation and error/warning handling features in CDE Studio. To find out how to use the navigation tabs, see the Exploring a Conversation section below.

CDE Studio also comes with a full compliment of prompt playback, creation and editing tools built into it. Review the Managing And Creating Prompts section in this document for details on how to use those features.

Requirements/Special Notes

This application runs on Windows and connects to a Linux server running Unity Connection 2.0(0.205) or later. It’s perfectly acceptable for this to all be one server with Linux running on VMWare.

CDE Studio installs the merge files from Microsoft to include MSXML 4 and SAPI 5.1 support on the box.

To connect to a remote Connection server properly, CDE Studio LL needs root access. There is no exception to this.

Registering CDE Studio

This version of CDE Studio does not need to be registered – access to the Connection server is highly restricted in the field and CDE Studio will only run when SSH is active and port 22 is open – which is not the case for production server installs.

Menu Commands

NOTE: All custom options selected in the menu commands and all editor options enabled are saved when you exit CDE Studio and will be reapplied the next time you start the application. You can move all these settings to a new server if you like – see the “Export registry settings” menu option in the Options section below for more details on how to do that.

File

Open File. This launches the open file dialog. It will open to the directory where the current file being displayed is stored, if any file is currently loaded. If no file is loaded, the \commserver\localize\scripts\ directory will be shown. By default it looks for files with extension that match .CDE, .CDX, .CDH, .CS, .PS and .PSX, however you can select “all files” in the file type drop down to see everything. Remember, CDE Studio is designed to have you open a script file (.CDE) and will open the corresponding phrase server file for you automatically.
Save. Saves the currently visible file – so if you have the .PS file showing, it will save that. NOTE: The save button on the toolbar will only be active if the currently visible file has been modified and has pending changes to save.
Save As. Allows you to save the currently visible file with a new file name or path location.
Save All. This option will save both the .CDE and .PS files if they are modified and have pending changes to be saved.
Check script syntax. This option compiles the current conversation and reports and warnings or errors that were encountered. See the Compiling Conversations section below for more details on this process.
Compile ABNF files to GRXML. This option compiles all open ABNF files into their corresponding GRXML format using the compiler provided by Nuance. The GRXML and ABNF files are assumed to have the same name (other than the extension) with the exception of the Common VUI ABNF file which is treated special.
View archives for current file. Selecting this option will bring up a dialog for reviewing/comparing/restoring archived versions of the currently loaded file. You can learn more about this File Archive Features section.
View file change history. Selecting this option will bring up the file change history dialog which lets you see what files have been changed and allow you to easily select some or all of them to copy locally for source control purposes. For more see the File Change History Feature section.
Show raw XML for script. Selecting this option will show the XML representation of the currently loaded .CDE file. This option only works if the currently loaded conversation is successfully compiling.
Export Tree View to File. This takes the current tree layout on the “Tree” tab and exports it to a text file – all the nodes expanded will be shown expanded, and all those closed will show closed.
Print. This will bring up the standard Windows print dialog and allow you to print the currently visible document. If you have the .CDE file open, that’s what will print. If you have the .PS file visible then that’s what will print.
Recent. This shows the recently opened files you’ve accessed with CDE Studio. Up to 10 files are included in the history, sorted from most recently accessed at the top to least recently at the bottom.
Exit. Closes the CDE Studio application. If there are pending changes to any open file, you will be given an opportunity to save them or abort the exit command.

Edit

Cut. Cuts the currently selected text and puts it on the Windows clipboard .
Copy. Copies the currently selected text and puts it on the Windows clipboard.
Paste. Takes the text on the Windows clipboard and inserts it into the open file where the cursor is located.
Find. Launches the Find dialog seen here:

This is a pretty standard dialog you’ve seen in other applications, however the “Mark all” feature may be new. This option will bookmark every line that has an instance of the desired text in it. You can then use the bookmark options (see below) to jump between the marked lines. This can be handy for quickly finding multiple instances of a string in a file.