Pathmaker Programming Guide

About This Manual
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The Pathmaker product is a tool that assists in the creation of Pathway applications for
computer systems that use the Tandem NonStop Kernel. The Pathmaker Programming
Guide is a comprehensive task-oriented guide for the effective use of the Pathmaker
product. The Pathmaker Programming Guide provides not only instructions for creating
applications with the Pathmaker product, but also guidelines and procedures for
preparing for and a controlling Pathmaker application development effort.
Objectives of This
Manual
Given this manual, readers will be able to:
Locate instructions for installing the Pathmaker product.
Design an application to be implemented with the Pathmaker product.
Establish naming conventions and other standards.
Create a thorough application design document containing all of the essential
information that application developers need to know before creating an
application with the Pathmaker product.
Locate instructions for creating Pathmaker projects.
Customize a Pathmaker project.
Prepare and register shared application code.
Create a Pathmaker application.
Install a Pathmaker application for testing.
Create and use Pathmaker reports.
Know when and why to use the Pathmaker utilities and the Pathmaker
Application Definition Language (PMADL).
Install a Pathmaker application into production.
Customize the application online help.
Maintain a Pathmaker application.
Audience The Pathmaker Programming Guide is designed for anyone directly involved in a
Pathmaker application development effort, including individuals who design, plan,
create, maintain, or install Pathmaker applications.
To successfully complete a Pathmaker application development effort using the
detailed information in the Pathmaker Programming Guide, those involved must possess
a variety of prerequisite skills. All participants should understand the information
presented in the Introduction to Pathmaker manual, including basic Pathway and
Pathmaker concepts and terminology, and should know how to use Tandem utilities
such as TEDIT, FUP, and PERUSE.
Individuals who are designing a Pathmaker application should already understand
Pathway requester-server application design principles and how Pathway applications
created with the Pathmaker product are structured.