Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Reporting:
Query/Results Administration and Development

> ## Application base files

> Before you start to develop feature and integration procedures, define a set of base files to store the configuration information for your Results application. The base files of a Results application are:

> - Fastload Files — A set of Progress 4GL procedure files that optimize loading information from the current `QC7` file into Results at startup.

> - Feature File — A Progress 4GL procedure file that defines and loads features into Results at startup.

> - UI File — A Progress 4GL procedure file that defines and loads the layout of the menu system and toolbar into Results at startup.

> The definition of a set of base files for your application is a key step in managing the development and deployment of a Results application.

> | To access the Deployment dialog box and define base files for an application, choose Query Customize Deployment. The Deployement dialog box appears:

> The Deployment dialog box contains the following user-interface elements:

> Fastload base

> Specifies a base string so that Results can generate the fastload files associated with the current `QC7` file and application. The default base string is the first five characters of the current `QC7` file. Each fastload file generated by Results for the current `QC7` file and application has a filename that starts with the specified base string and ends with a unique number (for example, `sport###.r`). Limit the base string to five characters. You can specify a pathname with a base string.

> Feature file

> Enter a filename or choose Files to locate and select an existing feature file.

> UI file

> Enter a filename or choose Files to locate and select an existing UI file.

> You can specify relative or absolute pathnames for the fastload, feature, and UI files. Once Results creates fastload files, you can move them anywhere in `PROPATH`.

> When you start Results, it looks for fastload files in the current working directory. If it cannot find them there, it looks in the directories specified in the `PROPATH` for the fastload files. For more information about `PROPATH`, see or OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration .

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