Subject Re: TESTING APPLICATION IN IDE From Mustansir Ghor <mustan31@hotmail.com> Date Thu, 18 May 2017 15:18:44 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Dear Mervyn Yes that Phase VIII had the answer. Of course I need to set it appropriately. Thanks to Ken Sir. No stone left unturned. Best Regards Mustansir Mervyn Bick Wrote: > On 2017-05-18 11:08 AM, Mustansir A Ghor wrote: > > Dear All > > > > For the development we use IDE enviorement. But I had seen a program i dont recall the name that can be used as startup. > > > > Usually in DOS based program in the for an un build application we could use in the shortcut something like c:\dbase.exe mainmenu.prg (.dbo) to straight away start application. > > > > Can anybody assist with such program in order understand how set up enviorement and how to go about with initial syntax of handling _app object to arrive at main screen of application. I refer to un build application but while it is on test in the IDE enviorement. > > > > Best Regards > > Mustansir > > > > > > If you haven't already done this you should try and find the time to > work through Ken Mayer's dBASE tutorial which you will find at > http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_index.htm > > Ken covers creating a start.prg in great detail in the tutorial and you > can cheat a bit by going direct to section viii at > http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/08_StartProgram.htm  The > problem with this is that the tutorial is structured so that it starts > with the basics and then builds on them.  Skipping the previous sections > means that you may not follow why Ken does certain things in section viii. > > You will, of course, need to tailor the code to your project.  (The > legal profession has a neat Latin phrase, "mutatis mutandis", which > means "with the necessary changes" to cover this.) > > Mervyn. > > >