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<title id="twpub_title">Publishing your application</title>
<shortdesc id="twpub_shortdesc"><i>Publishing</i> involves copying files (projects,
resource files, and server configurations) to the correct location for the
server to find and use them. In the test environments, these files may already
be in the correct location. In some cases, temporary copies of the server
configurations may be created.</shortdesc>
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<keywords id="index"><indexterm>servers<indexterm>publishing applications</indexterm></indexterm>
<indexterm>applications<indexterm>publishing to servers</indexterm><indexterm>copying
files to server</indexterm></indexterm></keywords>
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<context><p id="twpub_p1">You can either publish your application automatically
or manually. If the  <uicontrol>Automatically publish when starting servers</uicontrol> check
box on the Server preferences page (<menucascade><uicontrol>Window</uicontrol>
<uicontrol>Preferences</uicontrol><uicontrol>Server</uicontrol><uicontrol>Launching<?Pub Caret?></uicontrol>
</menucascade>) is selected, the server tools check to see if your project
and files on the server are synchronized. If they are not, the project and
the files are automatically updated when the server is either started or restarted.</p><p
id="twpub_p2">To publish your application manually you can complete one of
the following in the Servers view:</p></context>
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<step><cmd><ph id="twpub_steps_ph1">Select the server and then click the  <uicontrol>Publish
to the server</uicontrol></ph> <image alt="This is an image of the Publish toolbar icon."
href="../images/launch_publish.gif"><alt>This is an image of the Publish toolbar
icon.</alt></image> <ph id="twpub_steps_ph2">icon located on the toolbar.</ph></cmd>
</step>
<step id="twpub_steps_step2"><cmd>Right-click the server and then select  <uicontrol>Publish</uicontrol>.</cmd>
</step>
</steps-unordered>
<result><p id="twpub_p3">All the projects defined in the server configuration
that are associated with the selected server are published. The resources
in these projects are transferred to the location that is defined by the server.</p></result>
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