HOWTO - Managing rules projects
Rules projects are container that group together all the files forming a Macrocoder rules program. They contain all the FCL code needed to implement the grammar parser, the semantic analyzer and the code generator.
Create a rules project
To create a rules project:
- make sure the Rules 1 tab is selected;
- click on the local menu icon 2;
- select Create new rules project 3;
- save the project in a directory: that directory will become the home path of that rules project;
Create and add a source file
Once the project has been created, source files can be added.
- make sure the Rules tab is selected;
- right-click on the Files entry or in the white area below 1
- select Create and add a source file 2 if a plain text .fcl source file is required;
- select Create and add a grammar file 3 if a grammar .fcg source file is required ;
- give the file a meaningful name and save it;