Creating new 4gl projects
4gl projects are the projects most often created and developed with LyciaStudio.
They are created via the New 4gl project wizard and include different types or programs and files.
There are four ways to start the New 4gl Project wizard:
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from the New toolbar group of the main toolbar:
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by the Create a new 4gl project toolbar button -
- in the main toolbar:
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from the context menu in the project explorer:
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from the File menu group:
File → New → 4gl Project
To create a new 4gl project, please follow these steps.
Step 2. Enter the name for the new 4gl project.
Basically, LyciaStudio imposes no naming constraints. However, we suggest some tips about naming your projects:
- use meaningful names so that they can be easily found and maintained,
- use Latin letters (both upper and lower case) and arabic numbers (0-9) freely in your project names as well as full stops (.), dashes (-) and underscores (_),
- start your project names with letters or with underscores, and
- keep in mind that the letters coming after the last full stop (.) are treated as an extension.
Step 3. Specify its default location.
By default, all new projects are created in your workspace. However, you can choose Browse... and specify any other folder:
Step 4. Choose
whether you want to have separate source and output folders or
keep your source files together with the building results in the
same folder.
You can change names of the source and output folders in the Preference window by pressing Configure default...
or
going to
Window → Preferences → 4gl → Build Path
Newly created 4gl projects are completely empty. You can populate them with programs and files by creating new 4gl programs or importing the already existing ones.
Here is a short video about creating 4gl projects: