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Purpose

The development environment is used to change the source code of MaxDB programs and to recreate these MaxDB programs.

You can use the development environment on all operating systems that are supported by the database system, although the installation and some functions differ slightly depending on the operating system.

Implementation Considerations

The development environment is part of the MaxDB software that you can download from the MaxDB website (see Download and Installation Profile).

For more information about the database system, see Concepts of the Database System and Glossary.

Features

The following tools are available, among others:

·        Scripts for initializing the development environment

·        Scripts for processing source code and comparing different versions of files

·        Scripts for calling VMAKE

·        VMAKE for translating and linking the changed source code

Constraints

The database tools Database Manager GUI and SQL Studio are not created using the development environment described here.

Example

·        Example: Translating the File HelloWorld.c

·        Example: Creating the Database Manager CLI

 

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