PRO4m Documentation Pages

Files List browser	Shows list of files where project HTML report pages going to be (re)generated. Columns: File name, Full Path, Status (updated, new, recompiled, _blank_).
Report Main Page File Name (below the browser)	Project report main page file name.
Options	Open the project report generator Options window (see below).
Generate	Start the project report generating process.
Open	Open the report main page in the default Windows HTML browser.
Options	Opens the Project Source Code Scan Options window. See description below.

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Project Report Generator - General Options

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Database structure and Tables reports	(re)generates the project database analysis and structure HTML reports for all tables, whole database and database schema changes history page. Automatically keeps historical information for all database schema changes.
Module Changes History	(re)generates the changes history for all project modules. Such changes as adding modules to the project and removing from the project are also supported. You can turn this option off if you are already using a project source-code management tool such as VSS or Roundtable for example.
Project Performance report	(re)generates the project Performance report page
Project Integrity reports	(re)generates the project Integrity report page
Calls Tree	(re)generates the project Calls tree for every parent module of the application (a module, which has no any external calls)
Regenerate all Module Structure reports	(re)generates reports for all project modules, even for the not changed ones.
Folders Tree navigation	Explorer-like navigation folders tree. Builds it on the project files list page.
Code Analysis (user-defined) report	(re)generates code analysis project report and all modules code analysis pages. An open-source external 4GL procedure, shown in the read-only fill-in below, is the procedure, responsible for all user-defined reporting stuff.
Generate Prolint reports	(re)generates Prolint module report pages. All Prolint parsing and analysis results are stored in a separate project file - Prolint.tab.

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Project Report Generator - Module Report Options

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Skip reports without data	skips the module reports sections where there is no any parsing/analysis information available.
Used in modules	builds a list of caller modules.
Module calls tree	builds the module calls tree including external and internal procedures calls, functions calls and includes usage.
Input/Output parameters	builds a list of the module INPUT/OUTPUT parameters.
Shared resources	builds a list of shared resources defined on the module, i.e.: shared-variables, shared-frames, shared-worktables.
Internal functions defined	builds a list of all module functions defined.
Internal procedures defined	builds a list of all module internal procedures defined.
External procedures used	builds a list of all module external procedures called from the module.
Internal functions used	builds a list of all module functions called from the module.
Internal procedures used	builds a list of all module internal procedures called from the module.
Includes used	builds a list of all include files used in the module.
OS Programs Used	builds a list of all module external non 4GL modules calls.
DB Tables usage	builds a database tables usage statistics for the following parameters: ACCESS, REFERENCE, SORT-ACCESS and UPDATE.
DB Indexes usage	builds a list of the database indexes used by the module in queries, FIND and FOR statements.
No Tables Lock definition	builds a list including all not-indexed searches (WHOLE-INDEX) and index names that really used.
Internal Procedures specification	builds a list of internal procedures, its input/output parameters and the procedure description. As a description used all text enclosed into /* ... */ and written after the PROCEDURE <procedure-name> definition. Can be used as an automatic source-code documenting procedure.

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Tips and Tricks

You can overwrite the default Windows HTML browser name by defining the new browser name in PRO4m.cfg parameter "HtmlBrowser";

Last updated: November 9, 2003 11:19 AM