4GL Application Deployment and Launching 4GL Application Deployment and Launching

 Program Deployment and Launching

Applications can be run in character mode or in graphical mode by pressing the corresponding button on the main toolbar:

 

 

 

 

 

An application launched in the graphical mode needs to be deployed to a GUI server before it can be run. When a program is deployed to the application server, it is deployed together with all the needed resources.

 

There are two ways to deploy an application:

 

  • Automatic deployment. Deployment to the default location (or to the project specific location) is done automatically  when a program is launched in GUI mode (using Phoenix or Chimera). Each time an application is run in GUI mode, the only files to be deployed to the target location will be those that have been modified since the last installation to that location. If you activate the option which builds the target before launching it, if required, then presing the launch button will result in building, deploying and only then launching the application.

  • Manual deployment. A built program can be deployed to the default location (or to the project specific location) without being launched with the help of a single option. Such program needs to be built first. 

 

You can set a project specific application server and the deployment path on this server which differs from the default Studio application server and path.