Creating an Assembly: Development Environment

The assembly is the main compilation unit of development environment. The assembly is used to unite forms and units by their functionality and creating an application structure by linking various assemblies. Units or forms created separately are compiled as separate assemblies.

To create an assembly, select one of the following items:

In the web application:

In the object navigator. The Create > Assembly item in the main menu of the object navigator.
In the development environment:

The File > Create > Assembly main menu item of development environment.
The Create > Assembly context menu item in the project navigator of development environment.

In the desktop application:

In the object navigator:

The New Object > Create > Development Environment item on the Home ribbon tab.
The Create > Development Environment context menu item of the object navigator.

In the development environment:

The File > Create main menu item of development environment.
The Create context menu item in the project navigator of development environment.

When an assembly is created in the development environment, the Create New Assembly dialog box opens:

Set name and unique identifier of created assembly in corresponding boxes.

After the assembly is created, the works consists on creating internal hierarchy of folders, units and forms, setting up links with other assemblies and creating application code. To start an assembly for execution, create a special procedure that is an entry point. An entry point is used on application start from the repository, and during development and debugging one can select any single unit or form that will be started when working in the development environment.

Ready units and folders are added using the object navigator:

Select object in the object navigator.
Copy the object using the Copy context menu item.
Go to the assembly in the navigator object tree.
Paste the object using the Paste context menu item.

After executing the operations the selected object is added to the assembly and is saved.

New units and folders can be added in the following ways:

In the object navigator. Go to the assembly in the navigator object tree and select the Create > Unit or Create > Folder main menu item.
In the development environment project navigator. Select the Create > Unit or Create > Folder context menu item of the selected assembly.

When a unit/folder is created in the development environment, a dialog box for creating the corresponding object opens, for example:

Set name and unique identifier of created object in corresponding boxes.

Units and folders can be deleted using the object navigator:

Go to the assembly in the navigator object tree.
Select one or several required objects.
Select the Delete context menu item.

After confirmation the selected objects are deleted from the assembly and the repository.

Any unit added to the assembly is automatically considered as included in the assembly. All assembly objects are compiled as a whole.

To close the current assembly, select the File > Close main menu item or press CTRL+ALT+W.

Working with Links

Links can be added to system assemblies, custom assemblies, units, and Python modules, forms and web forms. To set up links, use the assembly inspector.