Introduction to Pathmaker

A Pathmaker Project
Using Pathmaker—An Overview
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A Pathmaker Project Project is a term that has several different meanings. A project can be thought of as all
the files needed to complete an application development effort using the Pathmaker
product. These files can include those that the Pathmaker product creates for the
development of an application, the files that application developers create for the
application (such as copy libraries and other source code files), and the compiled
object code for the application.
A project can also be thought of as the Pathmaker software interacting with the project
files just described. Viewed this way, a Pathmaker project eventually results in an
application for end users. The resulting application is often referred to as the target
application.
In general, a single Pathmaker project results in a single Pathway application for the
end user. For example, in a business environment, end users might need both a new
accounts payable application and a new inventory application. To meet these needs
effectively, it is likely that two separate Pathmaker projects would be added to the
development system.
Alternatively, a very large application can be split into two or more Pathmaker
projects during development and then merged together later. Developing a
Pathmaker application in this manner requires special planning and procedures.
Figure 3-2 illustrates possible ways to set up Pathmaker projects that will be used to
create two separate end-user applications.