Category: ZimIDE Objects

Defines database files.

An entity set is a data object or a repository for some portion of the data managed by the application.

Establishing an Entity Set

Call up the Zim IDE, select ENTITY SETS from the DataBases menu, and use the tools of the Zim IDE Development to define the desired entity set.

Creation of Entity Sets step by step:

Defines external files or devices.

A document is a programming object which identifies, to Zim, a line-oriented device or text file in your operating system, giving you the means to access that device or file in your application programs.  A document may be unstructured (e.g., containing straight text or a program), or it may be structured (e.g., containing tabular data in discrete fields).

Establishing a Document

Call up the Zim IDE, select DOCUMENTS from the DataBases menu, and use the tools of the Zim IDE Development to define the desired document.

Creation of Documents step by step:

A relationship is a data object that defines and establishes an association between entity sets.

A relationship may, in addition to expressing an association between entity sets, act as a repository for some portion of the data managed by the application. There are therefore two classes of relationships: those with fields (containing data) and those without.

Establishing a Relationship

Access the Zim IDE, select RELATIONSHIPS from the DataBases menu and use the Zim IDE Development tools to define the desired relationship.

Creation of Relationship step by step:

Creating User Interface Objects

User interface objects are created using the New Object dialog. There are two ways to open this dialogue:

✓ From the Main Menu

✓ From the Menu Toobar

✓ From the Database Tab Page

From the Main Menu

✓  Select File then click on New.

From the Menu Tool Bar

✓  Click on the New icon in the Menu Tool Bar:

From the Database Tab Page

✓ Right-click on the type of object to be created and click on New:

✓ The New Object dialog will pop up.

The New Object Dialog

✓ If you are connected to multiple databases, make sure you select the correct database to which you want to add this new Zim object.

✓ Select the type of object that you wish to create.

✓ On the right side panel name the object you are creating, and select/define the dimensions if applicable.

✓ Click on the “OK” button to create the object.

Creating Database Objects

✓ From the “Database” tab, navigate to the type  of object you wish to create, right click on the object, and select “New” from the right click menu.

✓ The default attributes of the newly-created database object will appear in the GUI Designer page tab ins, since such objects have no visual attributes.

✓ If necessary, Modify the default attributes of the Database object created