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4gl project view

4GL Project view holds all the project files and resources systematize by the programs they are added to and allows manipulating these files and programs:

From this view, you can:

create programs and files;
build, rebuild, and clean programs;
deploy applications;
run and debug applications;
import and export programs and files
work with repositories, etc.

4GL Project view toolbar

	Build the current project	builds the current project (separate programs are build from the context menu)
	Clean the current project	cleans (=removes building results from) the output folder of the current project (separate programs are cleaned from the context menu)
	Rebuild the current project	rebuilds all the programs in the project at once (all the files in the project are cleaned and built, no matter whether they were modified since the latest build)
	4GL Projects	opens the existing 4gl projects in the view : or starts the New 4GL Project wizard:
	Collapse all	collapses all the items in the view
	View menu	opens the drop-down menu ↓
	Minimize	minimizes the view
	Maximize	maximizes the view

From the drop-down menu of the 4GL Project view, you can perform these actions:

Hide empty categories	shows all groups of files that can be added to 4gl programs (is enabled by default) or hides the empty groups:
Hide excluded items	hides the items excluded from the active build configuration from the structure
Show filename only	shows only file names (is enabled by default):
Show project relative path	shows names and relative paths of files:
Show path in file system	shows names and full paths of files:

4GL Project view context menu

From the 4GL Project view context menu these options are available.

	New	allows creating new programs, files, and libraries (refer here to learn details about creating new objects with LyciaStudio):
	Add requirements	calls the Add Requirements window that allows adding required programs, libraries, source and media files:
	Open with	allows opening selected files with one of the build-in editors:
	Delete	deletes the selected file or program
	Rename	allows renaming the selected file or program
	Copy	copies the selected file or program
	Paste	pastes the copied file or program
	Build	builds the selected program
	Rebuild	rebuilds the selected program
	Clean	cleans the selected program
	Deploy to default application server	deploys the program to a default application server instance:
	Deploy with SSH	opens the configuration window for SSH deployment
	Deploy with custom parameters	opens the Deployment configuration window:
	Import	opens the Import wizard for importing projects, programs, and files:
	Export	opens the Export wizard for exporting projects, programs, and files:
	Run As	allows running the application via one of graphical client - LyciaDesktop or LyciaWeb and opening the Run Configuration page:
	Debug As	allows choosing the graphical client - LyciaDesktop or LyciaWeb - to debug the application with and opening Debug Configuration wizard:
	Validate	validates the selected file and provides results in the Validation Results window
	Team	allows working with repositories (exact commands of the menu group depend on the repository selected - GIT or CVS)
	Compare With	allows comparing files with each other and with external files (exact commands of the menu group depend on whether the programs is connected to a repository and the type of the repository):
	Replace With	allows replacing files with each other and with external files (exact commands of the menu group depend on whether the programs is connected to a repository and the type of the repository):
	Properties	opens the Properties window for the selected program or file: