Pathmaker Programming Guide

Developing a Pathmaker Application
Pathmaker Tasks
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Developing a
Pathmaker Application
The development tasks for a Pathmaker application and the skills needed to complete
those tasks are summarized in this subsection. These tasks are outlined in greater
detail in Section 3, “Pathmaker Application Development Overview.” Sections 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, and 9 of this manual contain detailed instructions for completing the tasks in this
group.
Prerequisites Individuals using Pathmaker to develop an application should understand:
Basic Pathway and Pathmaker concepts
The architecture of applications produced using the Pathmaker product
The concept of a Pathmaker project
These topics are described in the Introduction to Pathmaker manual.
They should be able to code using COBOL85 or C, and NonStop SQL, if applicable. In
addition, they should be able to use Enform, FUP, PERUSE, TEDIT, Inspect, and
SCUP.
It is recommended that application developers who are new to the Pathmaker product
use the product to develop a simple test application before creating a production
application.
Task Summary To develop a Pathmaker application, complete these tasks:
Develop services (for custom applications only)
Develop servers (for custom applications only)
Develop requesters
Use the Screen Painter (optional)
Finish the application and install it for testing
Maintain the application
Task check lists and Pathmaker screen summaries are provided in other sections of
this manual to help you track the progress of application development.