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Project Configurations vs Shared Analysis
Oct., 29th 2009 at 09:31 AM
Jeff Graham
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Project Configurations vs Shared Analysis

I am starting a project that will have WinDev and WinDev Mobile executables. I can have two separate project folders and share the analysis or try Project Configurations to use one project folder such that classes, etc can be shared as well.
There is a chance that a WebDev site might be added later.
Any suggestions and feedback on using Project Configurations would be greatly appreciated
Thanks in advance,.


Oct., 29th 2009 at 09:31 AM
Al
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Re: Project Configurations vs Shared Analysis

Hello Jeff
We are doing both options. we have a couple of projects running in the same configuration and another couple of projects where we share an analysis.
The shared config works well, there are only a couple of small issues.
One app goes out without including any dll's in the exe and the other does and with a shared config, Windev gets confused and so each time we compile we have to go through all the config items and set up the framework for each app as we go.
There is a time delay when you switch between the two configs as it recompiles and at least once a week we delete the cpl directory - just in case.
There will be more compiler error messages as it tries to cope with what it thinks is missing
e.g if you share any windows between the two configs and then they branch out and run other windows that are not included in both, the compiler thinks that there are missing items.
The apps we run off a shared analysis occurred because we did not want to change versions on an existing V12 app and started on a new app in WindevMobile 14. This all works fine with no problems. We don't use any classes so we just imported the global procs that we needed.
There is a point in favour of just sharing an analysis and not using shared config. With a shared config, all apps in that config must run with the same version of Windev but with a shared analysis they can be whatever version is required and this makes it easier to maintain as you don't need to re-release all apps at the same time. I maintain the shared analysis using the lowest Windev version in case there are any backward incompatibilities.
Regards
Al


Oct., 29th 2009 at 03:16 PM
Jeff Graham
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Re: Project Configurations vs Shared Analysis

Hi Al,
Thanks for the great feedback. We have always used shared analysis in the past but these projects are more dependent on each other and will share procedures.
Just in brief testing, I noticed the compiler complaining about instructions that are valid in one product but not in the other. I guess I can turn off those errors.
Based on your experience, I think I will give the configurations approach a try.
Thanks,
Jeff