Pathmaker Programming Guide

Before You Begin

Pathmaker Application Development Overview

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Specialized Function Keys. Every screen in the Pathmaker full screen interface has

specialized function keys. Some of these function keys allow navigation to related

Pathmaker screens; others perform specific actions, such as initiating the compilation

of source code.

Certain Pathmaker screens can be reached from several other, different, Pathmaker

screens. A specialized function key that allows navigation to this type of Pathmaker

screen is always the same, regardless of the Pathmaker screen from which the

navigation is initiated.

Using the Main Menu

The Pathmaker Main Menu is the gateway to many Pathmaker application

development tasks. The Main Menu appears on a terminal screen after the following

command is entered:

2> Pathmaker

project-name

Figure 3-4 illustrates the Main Menu for a Pathmaker project.

Figure 3-4. Pathmaker Main Menu

PATHMAKER MAIN MENU

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Project Name: INVENT Date: 06/01/93

Work Subvolume: $DATA.JONES Time: 14:25:33

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F1 - Data Definition

SF1 - SQL Table Registration

F2 - Requester Definition

F4 - Service Definition

F5 - Server Definition

F7 - Macro Registration

F8 - Simulation

F10 - Application Configuration

F11 - Administration

F13 - User Supplied

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F9-Value List F15-Help SF16-Exit PATHMAKER

Work Subvolume. One of the fields on the Pathmaker Main Menu is the work

subvolume field. When the Main Menu is initially displayed, the value in this field is

the same as the current subvolume. The work subvolume is used to qualify any

unqualified file names that are created during a Pathmaker session, such as TEDIT (or

EDIT) files containing custom service code.