Add Objects to the BLDRAPPL Project

Walks you through the steps required to add global objects to the BLDRAPPL application, and add a new program and screen to develop in AppMaster Builder.
Restriction: This topic applies only when the AppMaster Builder AddPack has been installed, and applies only to Windows platforms.

Add global objects

Here, you add a global data view object and a global user rule object to the BLDRAPPL project. The data view definition is supplied with the demonstration application, but you create the user rule definition later in this tutorial.

  1. In the Eclipse IDE, click AppMaster Builder AppMaster Builder to switch to the AppMaster Builder perspective.
  2. In the Project Explorer view, expand the BLDRAPPL application.
  3. Right-click GLOBAL, and then select Add > Data View from the context menu.
  4. In the Name field, type APSUPD.
  5. Click Add. This returns you to the Project Explorer.
  6. Right-click GLOBAL; then select Add > User Rule from the context menu.
  7. In the Name field, type CALCINV. This is the name of the user rule you create later in the tutorial. The user rule calculates inventory.
  8. Click Add.
  9. In the Project Explorer view, expand the GLOBAL folder to see the new CALCINV user rule and APSUPD data view.

Add the BLDRUPD program

You need to add the heretofore missing BLDRUPD program to the project. Later in the tutorial, you define the program using the AMB Online Express feature.

  1. From the AppMaster Builder Project Explorer, right-click the BLDRAPPL application; then select Add > Online Express Program from the context menu.
  2. In the Name field, type BLDRUPD, and then click Add.

    The Project Explorer view shows the new BLDRUPD program.

Add the BLDRCU screen

You also need to add the heretofore missing BLDRCU screen to the project, and associated it with the newly created BLDRUPD program.

  1. In the Project Explorer view, right-click the BLDRUPD program, and then select Add > Screen from the context menu.
  2. In the Name field, type BLDRCU, and click Add.
  3. On the Project Explorer, expand the BLDRUPD program to see the added BLDRCU screen.
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