Adding a bend point
When you are working with a message
flow, and connecting your chosen nodes together to determine the flow
of control, you might find that a connection that you have made crosses
over an intervening node and makes the flow of control difficult to
follow. To help you to display the message flow nodes and their connections
in a clear way, you can add bend points to the connections that you
have made to improve the organization of the display. The addition
of bend points has no effect on the execution of the nodes or the
operation of the message flow.
- Switch to the Integration Development perspective.
- Open the message flow that you want to work with.
- Click Selection above the node palette.
- Select the connection to which you want
to add a bend point. The editor appends a small black
square to each end of the connection to highlight it.
- Check that this is the correct connection. The
editor also adds a small point (a handle) in the connection halfway
between the in and out terminals that are joined by this connection.
- Hold the mouse pointer over this point until the editor
displays a black cross to indicate that you now have control of this
bend point.
- Hold down the left mouse button and move your mouse
to move the black cross and bend point across the editor view.
- As you drag your mouse, the connection is updated, retaining
its start and end points with a bend point at the drag point. You can move the bend point anywhere in the editor view to improve
the layout of your message flow.
- Release the mouse button when the connection is in the
correct place. The editor now displays the bend
point that you have created with a small square (such as those at
the ends of the connection), and displays another two small points
in the connection, one between your newly-created bend
point and the out terminal, the other between the new bend point and
the in terminal.
If you want to add more than one
bend point to the same connection, repeat these actions from step 4 using
the additional small points inserted into the connection.
Last updated Friday, 21 July 2017