If you wanted to rename a project, would you create a new PJX with the right/desired name, or would you just rename the existing PJX/PJT? Just curious.
I would do a save as... There might be internal references to the project name that wouldn't change just by altering the physical file names.
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rk -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2016 10:24 AM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: Renaming a project
If you wanted to rename a project, would you create a new PJX with the right/desired name, or would you just rename the existing PJX/PJT? Just curious.
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When I am called in to audit/rescue a project, one of the items on my checklist is to attempt to recreate the project by adding the main program to a new PJX and Build All. Nearly every project I have ever worked on failed this step because it missed an EXTERNAL PROCEDURE call or a programmatically-created resource within the project.
It is an excellent exercise to confirm your project CAN be rebuilt, but it's not a good way to rename a project.
On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 10:24 AM, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
If you wanted to rename a project, would you create a new PJX with the right/desired name, or would you just rename the existing PJX/PJT? Just curious.
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On 2016-11-03 11:16, Ted Roche wrote:
When I am called in to audit/rescue a project, one of the items on my checklist is to attempt to recreate the project by adding the main program to a new PJX and Build All. Nearly every project I have ever worked on failed this step because it missed an EXTERNAL PROCEDURE call or a programmatically-created resource within the project.
It is an excellent exercise to confirm your project CAN be rebuilt, but it's not a good way to rename a project.
I just didn't like the initial project name. Now that I'm ready to deliver to end-user, I wanted to change the name to a better one. I know that I can change the name when building the EXE, but I've never liked that idea...always wondered why somebody would want to do that. I know if there was a problem reported in MyApp.EXE, I'd like to search for project MyApp. If the EXE was named something different than the project, that might cause confusion and delay, not to mention cursing.
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