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Genero Studio is made up of modules managing the design, development, and execution of Genero applications.
Genero Studio Business Application Modeling (BAM) develops business applications from design diagrams rather than from writing code. It automatically generates the logic and source code for a database application to query, add, update and delete rows in database tables.
Launch by creating or opening a Managed Project from the menu or by opening a new or existing Business Application Model diagram from the menu or Project view.
The Code Analyzer reverse engineers existing applications and can generate diagrams to provide an overview of the application.
Code Editor is a programming-oriented editor. In addition to editing source code, it can handle any kind of text or languages such as 4GL and XML. Smart editing features like auto-completion, code templates, text folding, bookmarking, and robust search and replace make coding easier and more efficient.
Use or to open a text file.
The Graphical Debugger provides a graphical interface to test and control the behavior of a Genero application. Navigate through the functions and create and manage breakpoints on functions and code lines. Choose and group together any variables to watch. Follow a number of variables easily, and even alter their values while the application is running, for testing purposes.
Launch with the menu options.
The Diff tool provides a visual display of differences between two files or two schemas in either a single or dual pane view.
Launch with .
File Browser is a tool to navigate, open, delete or rename files and to create new folders or files on a file system. File Browser manages files based on the kind of information that they contain (MIME type file management). File Browser will launch the specific action / executable defined as the default for each file type, or you may choose between the actions available for that file type. For example, Code Editor opens for a 4gl file and Form Designer for a 4fd file.
Launch with or from the Project Manager Files tab.
Form Designer is a visual editor that supports the creation, editing, and layout of Genero forms in Genero Studio.
Use or to create or open a Genero form file.
The Meta-schema Manager is a visual tool used to design, create and maintain database meta-schema files.
Use or to open an existing schema.
Project Manager organizes projects with groups, nodes, and files which are used to build or run applications. From within Project Manager, create or import projects, open source files in Code Editor, open forms in Form Designer, compile and execute programs, execute using the Profiler, and launch Graphical Debugger. A project file (4pw) maps the relationships between the nodes in a project.
Use or to open project file.
The Genero Report Writer includes the Genero Report Designer (GRD), which creates graphical report layouts and the Genero Report Engine (GRE), which takes raw processed output produced by the Genero BDL language.
Launch by opening a new or existing Genero Report Design document from the menu or by opening a Genero Report Design document in the Project view.
Genero Source Code Management (SCM) enables collaborative sharing and maintaining of the files in Genero projects.
Web services can be called from a Genero application. The Web Service Wizard guides you through the process of adding a Web service. Web services can also be generated from the Business Application Modeling tools.