File >> New

File >> New creates a new file. When created, the corresponding Genero Studio component is opened. For example, Code Editor is launched for new 4gl files.

Table 1. File >> New options
Category Section Item Type
Design (Model Driven Architecture) Project
  • Managed Project (4pw) - project for a generated application
 

Application Modeling

  • Business Application diagram (4ba) - application design diagram, used in application generation
 

Database

  • Schema (4dbx) - database schema
  • Schema from Database (4dbx) - extracts schema from database
 

Managed Code

  • CRUD Form (4fdm) - create an empty CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) form
  • CRUD Form from Database (4fdm) - create a CRUD form generated from database tables
  • Report data (4rd) - create empty business record for generated report
  • Report data from database (4rd) - create business record for generated report from database tables
  • Zoom Form (4fdz) - create an empty zoom form
  • Zoom Form from Database (4fdz) - zoom form generated from a database tables
 

Resources

  • Action defaults (4fd) - a Genero action defaults file
  • Toolbar (4tb) - a Genero Toolbar definition file
  • Topmenu (4tm) - a Genero Topmenu definition file
  • Style (4st) - a Genero Style definition file
Genero Files Project
  • Simple project (4pw)
  • Deploy project
  Database
  • Schema (4db) - database schema
  • Schema from Database (4db) - extracts schema from database
 

Sources

  • Source (4gl) - a Genero BDL source code module
  • Form (4fd) - a Genero Studio form definition file

  • Form as text (per) - a Genero BDL form definition file in text format
  • Form from database (4fd) - calls the Form from Table wizard
 

Resources

  • Action defaults (4fd) - a Genero action defaults file
  • Toolbar (4tb) - a Genero Toolbar definition file
  • Topmenu (4tm) - a Genero Topmenu definition file
  • Style (4st) - a Genero Style definition file
  • Startmenu (4sm) - A Genero Start Menu definition file
  • Localized String (str) - Genero Localized String file
Other files New Files
  • With no extension
  • Text (txt)
  • XML (xml)
Reports Report Data
  Report Designs
  • Empty report (4rp) - a blank report design document
  • List report (4rp) - template of a report design document formatted for a list
Web / AS Sources
  • HTML (html)
  • CSS (css)
  • XHTML (xhtml)
  • JavaScript™ (js)
  Configuration
  • Application Configuration (xcf)
SOA Services
  • Soap Server (4gl) - create a 4gl application and server stub from wsdl file