How to Work with Programs > Creating a New Program

Overview

Creating a new project automatically starts with a program (P:Main), as referenced in Creating a New Project. It is not possible to rename this "Main" program.

To Create a Program

There are three ways to add another program to the project:

1. Right-click a program in the tree view or an empty space inside the "Programs" module. Select “Add Program” in the resulting menu. This opens the following window:

The program can be renamed and notes added, if necessary.

Click to conclude program addition.

2. Import a program from library using "Library Manager". See To Import a Program from Library.

3. Select the appropriate program in the tree view, right-click it and, in the resulting menu, click “Duplicate Program”. This duplicates all the elements (screens, objects, events and processes) contained in the selected program.

Although it is possible to create a project with just a Main program, it is recommended to distribute project functionalities in several programs. This eases debugging and allows for a smoother application running.

EX: A basic inventory application/project that contains 4 programs.

That first program (the Main Program) contains the menu. Another program (an Application Program) concerns itself with the login task, a third program (another Application Program) is used for the inventory task and a final one (another Application Program) handles the communications.