Now that the blogs are finally back, by popular demand I am reposting the “Easing into Clarion 7” series.<\/p>\n
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In Clarion 7, there are new Files <\/em>(CTRL + N) and a new Solution, Project, or Application<\/em> (CTRL + SHIFT + N)<\/p>\n What is a Solution?<\/strong><\/p>\n To simplify it to basic terms, a solution is any IDE element whose end result (output) is a library or an executable. With that in mind, projects (*.cwproj) and applications (*.APP) are both considered parts of any solution<\/em>. The default file extension for solutions is *.SLN.<\/p>\n Project files in Clarion 7 use a *.cwproj extension, and are created for you automatically by the IDE. A new project window allows you to specify a custom hand -coded project or project application:<\/p>\n \u00a0 This is an important and vital concept that is new in Clarion 7. Both applications and hand-coded source files use a project file. This project file contains all of the information that the IDE needs to build the hand coded project or application into a target output.<\/p>\n \u00a0The solution file can hold one or many projects, and this is where the new power of Clarion 7 begins to surface. One solution can be used to maintain a large multi-DLL application project, or it can be a simple as holding a single \u00a0There are many ways to open each type of \u201cNew\u201d dialog.<\/p>\n 1. Using the Hot Keys (as documented above)<\/p>\n 2. Opening new Files and Solutions (Projects and Applications) directly from the IDE Start Page:<\/strong><\/p>\n Note that in the Start Page, new files are divided into 4 categories (Dictionaries, Diagrams, Tables, and Source Files)<\/p>\n Dictionaries <\/strong>are the same dictionaries that are used with the template based applications.<\/p>\n Diagrams <\/strong>call the new Dictionary Diagrammer, which provides a graphical tool for your dictionaries.<\/p>\n Tables<\/strong> call the new Database Browser, which allow you to browse files of all supported database formats.<\/p>\n Source Files <\/strong>open clarion language source files, which defaults to a CLW extension.<\/p>\n You can create all of these files in the Start Page, and also open existing ones!<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0 Launching a new file or solution from the IDE Menu.<\/p>\n \u00a0 Of course, you can also open new files directly from the IDE menu. In the New File<\/strong> dialog, you can specify the file type to direct you to the appropriate area of the IDE.<\/p>\n In future articles, we will explore multi-project solutions in more detail.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Personal Development Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Now that the blogs are finally back, by popular demand I am reposting the “Easing into Clarion 7” series. Back in Clarion 6, a NEW IDE item was limited to only 5 items: \u00a0 In Clarion 7, there are new Files (CTRL + N) and a new Solution, Project, or Application (CTRL + SHIFT + … Continue reading Easing into Clarion 7 – Part 1 of 9 – New Components<\/span>
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