Progress
Results Administration
and Development Guide


Editing a QC7 File

The QC7 file (query configuration file) contains information about table relationships, security, export formats, label formats, page formats, etc. for a Results application. When you start Results with a database or set of databases for the first time, Results builds a QC7 file and names the file using the name of the first database connected (dbname.qc7).

By default, Results tries to create the QC7 file in the same directory that contains the first database connected. However, if the database is on another machine, Results might not be able to reach that directory. In that case, Results places the QC7 file in the current directory. Once Results creates the QC7 file, you can move it to any directory in the PROPATH. When you start Results, it first searches the current directory and then the directories of the PROPATH for a QC7 file. For Windows environments, the PROPATH environment variable is specified in the [Startup] section of the environment (.ini) file.

For more information about the PROPATH environment variable file, see the Progress Installation and Configuration Guide Version 9 for UNIX or Progress Installation and Configuration Guide Version 9 for Windows.

The Query Site Admin and Query Customize menus allow you to interactively edit a QC7 file. As a general rule, you should not edit a QC7 file using an ASCII editor. There are a few exceptions to this general rule:

If you must edit a QC7 file with an ASCII editor, follow these guidelines:

For more information about QC7 files, see Administering Results."


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