An unmanaged file is one that is not part of a StreamBase project.
EventFlow application files that you create with the StreamBase New EventFlow Application wizard belong to a project. By contrast, if you open an EventFlow or StreamSQL file from your file system using → , that file is unmanaged.
You can perform normal Eclipse actions and some StreamBase actions on unmanaged files. You can open an unmanaged EventFlow or StreamSQL application file in a Studio editor and perform various edits (assuming the file permissions allow you to). However, there are certain things you cannot do with unmanaged application files:
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You cannot reference modules.
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You cannot use embedded Java code, such as custom Java functions or Java operators.
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If you open an external file that already contains a Module Reference or Java Operator, you can open and view the component's properties, but you cannot edit the properties or run the application.
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You cannot use Studio's run, debug, or trace launchers to run unmanaged applications.
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Server configuration files only control the options for StreamBase Server run from a Studio project.
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If you select a set of components in an external application and right-click the selection, is not available in the menu.
To avoid these restrictions, you can either:
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Import the external file into a StreamBase Studio project.
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Add the file's location to a Studio project's resource list, as described in Managing Resource Files in Studio.