Introduction to Pathmaker

3 Using Pathmaker—An Overview
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In the two previous sections, the benefits and features of the Pathmaker product and
other related Tandem products, the types of Pathmaker applications that can be
produced, and how Pathmaker applications look and behave were explained.
In this section:
The major Pathmaker components are introduced.
The term Pathmaker project is defined.
Several general approaches for using the product are discussed.
The phases of a formal Pathmaker application life cycle are suggested.
This information introduces many of the procedures that are detailed in the Pathmaker
Programming Guide.
Major Pathmaker
Components
There are several major components of the Pathmaker product. This subsection briefly
discusses and illustrates these components and provides general information about the
purpose of each.
Pathmaker components include:
A catalog
A full screen interface
The Pathmaker Application Definition Language (PMADL)
Skeleton files and code generators
Utilities