Creating a Project

How to:

Before you can do any development work in WebFOCUS Maintain, you must create a project in WebFOCUS Developer Studio. The WebFOCUS Developer Studio project contains your working files. This is where you develop, test, and edit your code. When you place your project files on a WebFOCUS Server (called deploying) your project becomes an application.

You can create the project with the Create a Project Wizard. It guides you through the project creation process by prompting you for all necessary information.


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Procedure: How to Create the Project Folder
  1. From the Start menu, select Programs.
  2. From the WebFOCUS 80 Developer Studio folder, select WebFOCUS Developer Studio to start WebFOCUS Developer Studio.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • Right-click Projects on localhost and click New Project.
    • In the File menu, click New Project.

    The Create a Project - Step 1 of 2 dialog box opens.

    Create a Project dialog box

  4. In the first input box, type FanClub as the name of your new project. The wizard adds the extension .GFA and appends the file name to the default directory path that appears in the second input box.
  5. Click Yes when prompted to create a new directory.

    The Create a Project - Step 2 of 2 dialog box opens.

  6. Click the Add button and browse to locate the Maintain directory, which is where the sample (tutorial) files are located. Select it so that it is highlighted, and click OK.

    Create a Project dialog box

  7. Click the Finish button. The new folder is added to the Explorer.

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Procedure: How to Create the Maintain Procedure
  1. Right-click FanClub, click New, and then click Maintain Procedure.

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    In the FanClub folder, right-click the Maintain Files folder, click New, and then click Maintain Procedure.

    The Add Maintain Procedure dialog box opens.

    Add Maintain Procedure dialog box

  2. Click OK.

    The following window opens.

    Maintain development  dialog box

    At the top of the window, underneath the menu bar, you will see toolbars with buttons for performing commonly used commands. (Later, you will have the option to customize these toolbars.)

    Below the toolbars you should see the text editor, displaying the default code for Start; the Explorer window containing the contents of the FanClub project; and the Project Explorer, displaying the Maintain procedures in your project.


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