Progress
Results Administration
and Development Guide
Application Base Files
Before you start to develop feature and integration procedures, define a set of base files to store the configuration information for your Results application. The base files of a Results application are:
- Fastload Files—A set of Progress procedure files that optimize loading information from the current QC7 file into Results at startup.
- Feature File—A Progress procedure file that defines and loads features into Results at startup.
- UI File—A Progress procedure file that defines and loads the layout of the menu system and toolbar into Results at startup.
The definition of a set of base files for your application is a key step in managing the development and deployment of a Results application.
Choose Query
Customize
Deployment to access the Deployment dialog box and define base files for an application:
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The Deployment dialog box contains the following user-interface elements:
Fastload Base
Specifies a base string so that Results can generate the fastload files associated with the current QC7 file and application. The default base string is the first five characters of the current QC7 file. Each fastload file generated by Results for the current QC7 file and application has a filename that starts with the specified base string and ends with a unique number (for example,
sport
###.r
). Limit the base string to five characters. You can specify a pathname with a base string.Feature File
Enter a filename or choose the Files button to locate and select an existing feature file.
UI File
Enter a filename or choose the Files button to locate and select an existing UI file.
You can specify relative or absolute pathnames for the fastload, feature, and UI files. Once Results creates fastload files, you can move them anywhere in
PROPATH
.When you start Results, it looks for fastload files in the current working directory. If it cannot find them there, it looks in the directories specified in the
PROPATH
for the fastload files. For more information aboutPROPATH
, see the Progress Installation and Configuration Guide Version 9 for UNIX or Progress Installation and Configuration Guide Version 9 for Windows.
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