Incorporating a Procedure Into an Application

How to:

When you create a procedure in the current project, it is automatically incorporated into that project. However, you are not limited to the use of procedures created in the project. You can make procedures from another project available in the current project.

To incorporate a procedure from another project into the current project, complete the following steps:

  1. Add the directory of the procedure to the project path. When you add the directory of a procedure to the project path, all project files become available. For details on modifying available directories for a project, see How to Modify Directory Paths.
  2. Add a procedure to the project. Once the directory of the procedure is visible to a project, add the procedure to the project so it will be available for reporting and deployment. For details, see How to Add a Procedure to a Project.

Note: You can also remove a procedure from a project. For details, see How to Remove a Procedure From a Project.
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Procedure: How to Add a Procedure to a Project
  1. Open the Procedures folder in the project.
  2. If not already selected, click the Displays all files in the project path Displays all files in the project path button button on the Explorer toolbar.

    The right window pane displays all procedures in the paths defined for the selected project. Procedures that are not added to the project path have a light gray icon next to them, and the file type description is Focus Executable Visible within Project Path.

  3. Do one of the following:
    • Right-click a procedure from the available procedures on the right, and select Add to Project from the shortcut menu.

      or

    • Select a procedure and click the Inserts the selected items into the project Inserts the selected items into the project button button on the Explorer toolbar.

    The procedure icon changes color to signify that it has been added to the project, and the file type changes to Focus Executable.

Tip: Clicking the Displays all files in the project path Displays all files in the project path button button on the Explorer toolbar toggles between the files that are visible in the project path and the files that have been added to the project.
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Procedure: How to Remove a Procedure From a Project
  1. Open the Procedures folder in the project.
  2. If not already selected, click the Displays all files in the project path Displays all files in the project path button button on the Explorer toolbar.

    The right window pane displays all procedures in the paths defined for the selected project. Procedures that have been added to the project path have a color icon next to them, and the file type description is Focus Executable.

  3. Do one of the following:
    • In the right window pane, right-click a procedure and choose Remove from Project from the pop-up menu.

      or

    • Select a procedure and click the Delete Delete button button on the Explorer toolbar.
  4. Click Yes to confirm permanent removal of the procedure.
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