Getting Started With SheerPower 4GL Tutorial

Creating a New Program in SheerPower

To create a new program in SheerPower Rapid Development Environment, click once on the New icon in the toolbar---a white paper with one corner folded. This will create a new file for you to work in.

You can also click on File in the SPDEV toolbar and select New from the drop down menu of choices to create a new file.

The Name New File... dialog box will appear and ask you to name your new file, and to specify the location you want to save it to.

Type the name of the new program file inside the File name: field. Name this new file Menu.

The default file type to save a file is .SPSRC. This is a SheerPower source program file. When you click on [Save] the file type extension will automatically be added on to the file name. Clicking on the down arrow will drop down a list of different file types to save your files as.

Since .SPSRC is already selected as the file type, click on [Save].

After you click on the [Save] button in the "Name New File..." dialog box, a new window will open within SheerPower Rapid Development Environment. You can now begin to write your new SheerPower program inside this new file window.

Questions, comments and suggestions are welcome!