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PRO4m Parameters

Source Code Scanner

Project Resources brws

Project Report Gen.

Database Browser

- Table Data Inspector

Program Header Gen.

AutoStart Scheduler

PRO4m Installation

PRO4m Registration

Check for new release

Add to PRO*Tools

Prolint integration

VSS integration

Create a Project/Project Properties

1. Click on the Create New Project button to create a new project.
The project properties window will be opened:

- Create New Project button

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Create a PRO4m Project example - General Settings

2. GENERAL SETTINGS window fields:
Project Name	Name of your project, must be unique.
Source Code Folder	Project source code home (root) directory.
Add to SESSION PROPATH	Adds the Project source code and all the folders down the folders tree to the Progress Session PROPATH, ignores folders that already there.
Connection Params	Project database connection parameters.
Do not disconnect startup connections	Leave all already existing database connections alive and do not disconnect them opening the project.

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Create a PRO4m Project example - Optional Settings

2. OPTIONAL SETTINGS window fields:
Preview Mode	Project HTML report preview mode - Local (single user preview), Web (website preview) or Shared (located in shared folder, both modes are multi-user).
HTTP location	'<BASE>' tag value ("Preview Mode" depended). Enter your website<BASE> name for the 'Web' preview mode, or leave the default value for the local preview.
Valid Extensions	Comma-separated lists of the valid project files extensions. Default Progress extensions are proposed for a new project, but can be reassigned to any user-defined extensions.
Prescan procedure	Procedure called before the 'Scan' process. Useful to generate an artificial 'parent module' for dynamic user menu oriented applications; See example of such procedure here.
IgnoreList File Name	Name of the file, which is used to filter unnecessary information from the project and the project reports (like enable_UI and disable_UI procedures).
User-defined Parser	Name of the file (open-source), which is used adding the user-defined parsing into the PRO4m parsing process. This is an open-source file and it's located in PRO4m\p4msrc: usrParser.p, see also usrParser.i
User-defined Report	Name of the file (open-source), which is used by PRO4m Reports generator integrating the user-defined parser results into the PRO4m report. This is also an open-source file and can be easily customized by user. By default no any additional programming required here. See usrReport.p for more information. Generates CODE ANALYSIS project pages for every project module and for the whole project.
Use Prolint	Use Prolint output, building the project report. PRO4m outputhandler file for Prolint are located in PRO4m\pProlint folder: outputhandler - PRO4mfile.p other open-source files - pProlint.p, pProlint.i
Prolint Datafile	Name of the file, which will be used by Prolint storing its analysis results for the PRO4m Reports generator. The file name will be defined and assigned automatically, or you can rename it later.
Messages Update	Project Report warnings and error messages update/customization.
Also Add to PROPATH	Comma-separated list of folders you'd like to be added to the Session PROPATH (runtime only).
Clear Project History	** not implemented yet

Tips and Tricks

Optional settings changes are not always required creating a new project;
Using spaces in a file name is allowed;
Don't forget to save the project is you have modified the project properties;
All the project source code files must NOT have read-only flag;
Take a look at the end of the user-defined parser usrParser.p for more ideas about the code analysis and optimization;

Last updated: November 9, 2003 11:25 AM

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