Pathmaker Programming Guide

Merging Pathmaker Projects

Finishing and Installing the Application

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Merging Pathmaker

Projects

You can develop a single Pathmaker application by first creating separate Pathmaker

projects, then merging them together. One advantage to developing portions of the

application in separate projects is that programmers can develop and test their portion

of the application independently. However, an application developed using more

than one Pathmaker project is more complicated to install and maintain than an

application developed using only one Pathmaker project.

To create an application by using multiple Pathmaker projects, follow these steps:

1. Establish naming conventions for projects and objects in projects.

2. Create a master project with subsidiary projects.

3. Merge separate projects.

Each of these steps is discussed in detail in the following pages.

Establishing Naming

Conventions

Before you create your Pathmaker projects, you should establish naming conventions

for both the project names and for all objects within the project. Establishing naming

conventions as a first step will save considerable time later on when you merge the

projects. If you do not establish a naming convention, you could have name conflicts

when you merge the requester object code or when you merge the Pathway

configuration for the projects.

A naming convention could be as simple as prefixing every object within a project

with a letter and a hyphen, such as

-. Using this convention, examples of object

names in Project A are:

A-REQ-01

A-SRC-01

A-SRV-01