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Dashboard - Workspace Summary

The Workspace Summary section shows general information about the workspace, including location and any libraries used.

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 Workspace Summary section of the dashboard is not current project oriented. It can include some or all of the following section details:

Section Details

Root Folder

This item shows the root folder of the workspace. Clicking on this detail will open the folder in Windows Explorer.

WebApp Name

This section detail will only be displayed if there is a web application in the workspace. If available, the name of the web application, as configured in Web Application Administrator, is displayed. Clicking this item will launch Web Application Administrator.

WebApp is Enabled/Disabled

This section detail will only be displayed if there is a web application in the workspace. It will display whether the Web Application is enabled or disabled. Clicking this item will open the Web Application tab of the Project Properties dialog.

Libraries

The number of libraries used by the workspace 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 use any libraries, this detail will state so.
  • If the current project uses libraries, this detail will show the number of libraries to the left.

Clicking on this detail will open the Library Maintenance dialog.

Learn More About Workspaces

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

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