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Results User’s Guide
for UNIX
The Files Options
There are three files options: Application Rebuild, Form Definitions for Query, and Relations Between Files. Use these options to rebuild the Results application interface, build customized forms for query interfaces, and establish relationships between files.
Application Rebuild
Use the Application Rebuild option to easily port your query interface forms from one environment to another. This option builds and compiles the new query interface and re-establishes all the system defaults, including any default overrides previously established, such as form fields and menu permissions, etc.
Use this option when you update your Results application to a new version. For example, when you first start a new version of Results, it checks the version in the QC file and warns you to perform an application rebuild to regenerate your interface to take advantage of any new features or changes.
If the first digit of the version number changes, the internal processes of the Results system have changed. You must review any user modules you have programmed and perform an application rebuild. If the second digit changes, you must rebuild the query forms, and might need to revise the user modules and procedures. Again, you need to perform an application rebuild. Finally, if the letter changes, all user programs should run unchanged. However, to take advantage of any new features or changes that may have been added, perform an application rebuild.
If you add or change a field in a database file, a message appears when you start Results that prompts you to perform an application rebuild. If you add a field or file and want it to edit or create the corresponding query form, use the Form Definition for Query option.
See the "Description of the Initial Build" section in this chapter for more information about the Results QC file.
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