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 .