Putting It All Together › Generating and Building › Creating an Executable Program

Creating an Executable Program

So far, you have always tested the parts of the application you are building from within the CA Plex development environment. To deploy the application after you have finished it, you need to have an executable file.

To create an executable program:

1. In the Generate and Build window, select the Project Manager function.
2. Click the Create Exe button.

   

   Remember that earlier in this chapter, you added the triple Project Manager file name Projects. The Create Exe process uses that triple to determine the filename to create.

3. When prompted to build the .exe file, click Yes.
4. Switch from CA Plex to Windows Explorer, and locate the directory in which your compiled files reside.

   Note: By default this directory is C:\Program Files\CA\CA Plex r6.0\Tutorial\Gen\Release.

5. Double‑click the file Projects.exe to start the application.

   The Project Manager dialog appears:

   

6. Close the application.