4GL Analyzer

4GL Analyzer (4GLA) is static analyzer for the 4GL code.

It was implemented in Lycia in order to give 4GL developers an easy and ready-to-use tool for reviewing their code.

Basic facts about 4GL Analyzer are:

1. 4GL Analyzer is not a standalone tool – it is embedded and fully integrated in LyciaStudio;
2. 4GL Analyzer doesn't need a separate installation. It is included in Querix Package Manager and can be installed and updated together with other Lycia components;
3. 4GL Analyzer generates an HTML output that can be used in offline mode or integrated in a website for online usage;
4. The documentation is extracted directly from the source files and thus is fully consistent with the 4GL code;
5. 4GL Analyzer works on the project level: you cannot document programs one-by-one – only the project as a whole;
6. 4GL Analyzer visualizes the dependencies among programs and modules and their elements (including user-defined functions, reports, and global variables) by means of automatically generated graphs, diagrams, and hyperlinks.

In this chapter, you will learn how to work with 4GL Analyzer:

Installation and licensing

Documenting your code

How to run 4GL Analyzer

What can be documented

4GLA output

Structure of the generated output

Content of the output folder