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Part 1: Getting Started with SheerPower 4GL

This is the first part of 5 brief tutorials to help you get familiar with SheerPower 4GL and the SPDEV.

  1. To begin you will need to create a new program file in the SheerPower Rapid Development Environment program (SPDEV). Run SPDEV by clicking on the shortcut icon on your desktop.

  2. Click on the "New File" icon in the toolbar.

  3. The "Name New File..." dialog box will open. Type the name of the program file you want to create in the "File Name:" field. (Use "menu" as the file name for this tutorial).

  4. The default SheerPower source program file type is "SPSRC". Click on the "Save" button. The .spsrc file type extension will automatically be added on to the file name.

  5. The "Get Program Info" window will open. SPDEV will use the information you enter here to provide the authoring details of the applications you write in a program template that is automatically created. Click on the "Cancel" button to create a program file with no program template. To have the program template created in the file, fill in your name and company name, then click on the "OK" button.

  6. Next, a new blank program file window will open in SPDEV. You are now ready to create your first SheerPower program. Part 2 provides the easy code to create a short menu program, and goes through the steps on how to run it.

    Part 2: Sample Menu Program >>>>>


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