Introduction to Pathmaker

Contents
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Glossary Glossary–1
Index Index–1
Figures Figure 1-1. The Pathmaker Product in the Development and the Production
Environments 1-3
Figure 1-2. Online Transaction Processing Applications 1-6
Figure 1-3. Functions of an OLTP Application 1-7
Figure 1-4. Monolithic Application 1-10
Figure 1-5. Requester-Server Application 1-12
Figure 1-6. Creating an OLTP Application With Pathway (Without the
Pathmaker Product) 1-15, 1-30
Figure 1-7. IPC Messages 1-17
Figure 1-8. Components of a Running Pathway System 1-20
Figure 1-9. Server Class 1-21
Figure 1-10. Context-Free Services 1-23
Figure 1-11. Creating and Running an OLTP Application 1-25
Figure 1-12. Creating an OLTP Application With the Pathmaker
Product 1-31
Figure 2-1. Requester Screen 2-3
Figure 2-2. Requester Help Screen 2-5
Figure 2-3. Preliminary Input Validation 2-8
Figure 2-4. Error Message From a Service 2-9
Figure 2-5. Hierarchical Pathmaker Application 2-10
Figure 2-6. DB Requester Application Screen 2-15
Figure 2-7. A Menu Screen 2-17
Figure 2-8. Custom Application Screen 2-19
Figure 3-1. Major Components of the Pathmaker Product 3-2
Figure 3-2. Pathmaker Projects 3-6
Figure 3-3. A Project Subvolume 3-8