FIGURE A


Be sure to modifyt the properties appropriately, as we show in this example. Roll over picture for a larger image.

IMPORTANT: Don't double-click the icon or you'll get an error similar to that shown in Figure B.

FIGURE B


Drag-and-drop works, but don't double-click or bad things will happen. Roll over picture for a larger image.

I found that this method works best if you keep your workspaces in one directory and then create a shortcut to the directory that you keep right next to the modified WebSphere Studio shortcut. That way, you can click on the shortcut for the workspace directory and then drag-and-drop the workspace you want onto the icon. I still don't find this method quite as efficient, though, as having WebSphere Studio prompt me for the workspace to use when starting up.

The third way to launch WebSphere Studio and choose a workspace is to use the command line. This is definitely the least user friendly of all of the options, although it probably comes in handy for people using WebSphere Studio on Linux. I haven't tested this option extensively so am not going to write about it today, but wanted to let you know it exists. If you have used this option extensively and have some advice on how to use it, send me an email at dvelasco@webspherepower.com and I'll try to include it in a future tip.

Keeping your different WebSphere workspace worlds separate from each other is definitely a powerful way to work on multiple projects or with multiple companies. If only the other parts of your life were so easy to contain.

David Gewirtz is the author of How To Save Jobs and Where Have All The Emails Gone? For more than 20 years, he has analyzed current, historical, and emerging issues relating to technology, competitiveness, and policy. David is the Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines, is the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals, and is a member of the instructional faculty at the University of California, Berkeley extension. He can be reached at david@zatz.com and you can follow him at http://www.twitter.com/DavidGewirtz.