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Dashboard - Open Items

Open Items

The Open Items section shows the total number of modeling errors and To Do items in the current project.

Concepts

Workspace

The DataFlex Studio operates within a workspace. A workspace defines the areas where your source files reside. The workspace is the area where you build your projects. Projects are built by assembling components into a single file. The components will use classes that are known to the workspace. These classes can be defined within the workspace, within libraries used by the workspace, and within the System Library.

Projects

A project is the code that you compile and run. A project consists of a file (usually a .src file) that uses other components (component files, class files, Data Dictionary files, etc.) to create an executable program. A project can be large (e.g., MyBigApplication.src), containing all of the components and classes within your workspace, or it can be small (e.g., MyTest.src), consisting of a few components that you wish to test.

You can create as few or as many projects within a workspace as you wish. Projects must be registered within a workspace. This is really just a simple process of adding a file to a list that Studio maintains. Projects can easily be added or removed from this list.

Current Project

The Studio, and the Workspace Dashboard, are current project oriented. You are expected to select a current project and then work within this project. When you tell the Studio to compile, debug, or run, it will always operate on the current project. When the Studio provides you with code-sense (interface information), it provides it from the current project’s perspective.

The Open Items section of the dashboard is current project oriented. It can include some or all of the following section details:

Modeling Errors

The number of modeling errors in the current project is represented by a number to the left of this detail. This section detail has the following behaviors:

  • If the current project does not contain any modeling errors, this detail will state so.
  • If the current project contains modeling errors, this detail will show the number of modeling errors in red to the left.

Clicking on this detail will open the Problem Resolution panel.

To Do Items

The number of To Do items in the current project is represented by a number to the left of this detail. This section detail has the following behaviors:

  • If the current project does not contain any To Do items, this detail will state so.
  • If the current project contains To Do items, this detail will show the number of To Do items in red to the left.

Clicking on this detail will open the To Do Items panel.

Learn More About Open Items

Clicking on this link will launch the DataFlex Help System and display the Workspace Dashboard Help.

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