Pathmaker Programming Guide

Managing Pathmaker Application Development
Pathmaker Tasks
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These reports can provide valuable information during the development of a
Pathmaker application and can also be used to produce documentation when a
Pathmaker application development effort has been completed. For a detailed
description of each Enform query provided with the Pathmaker product and
information about how to use the queries to produce reports, refer to the project
catalog information in the Pathmaker Reference Manual.
Using Pathmaker Utilities The Pathmaker product includes three Pathmaker utilities. These are:
PMINSTAL, which is used to install the Pathmaker product on a development
system
HELPUTIL, which can be used to modify help text for a completed Pathmaker
application
PMPROJECT, which is used to manage Pathmaker projects
Individuals who are responsible for managing a Pathmaker application development
effort use PMPROJECT often. The PMPROJECT utility is used to manage a Pathmaker
project, which is a running Pathway system.
The PMPROJECT utility can be used to perform a variety of tasks, including adding a
Pathmaker project, listing project attributes, altering project attributes, and starting,
restarting, and downing a Pathmaker project. Refer to the utilities information in the
Pathmaker Reference Manual for complete details about using the PMINSTAL utility, the
HELPUTIL utility, and the PMPROJECT utility.
Using PMADL In addition to the full screen interface, the Pathmaker product provides the Pathmaker
Application Definition Language (PMADL), which is a syntax based interface to
Pathmaker catalogs. PMADL can be used to represent the contents of an existing
Pathmaker catalog in a textual form. PMADL is especially efficient for making mass
changes to a Pathmaker application and for quickly creating an application modeled
after an existing Pathmaker application.
Refer to the PMADL section of the Pathmaker Reference Manual for details about using
PMADL.
Controlling Multiple
Versions of Pathmaker
You can install more than one version of the Pathmaker product on a system. Having
multiple Pathmaker versions lets application developers create new applications with
the most recent version and maintain existing applications in the version with which
they were developed.
If more than one version of the Pathmaker software is on a development system, the
release number should be specified each time the Pathmaker full screen interface,
PMADL, or a Pathmaker utility is invoked. For example, an application developer
who is maintaining a Pathmaker application developed with the C30 version of the
Pathmaker software would enter the following command to access the C30 version of
the Pathmaker full screen interface for the Pathmaker project named MYPROJECT:
2> PATHMAKER /RELEASE C30/ MYPROJECT