Compile with HydraStudio

Compile a single file:
In the project tree, right-click the corresponding file and choose ‘Compile’.
Build a program (incremental):
In the project tree, right-click the program filename and choose ‘Build’ from the context menu.
Rebuild a program:
In the project tree, right-click the program filename and choose ‘Rebuild’ from the context menu.

Compile with Command Line

On Unix/Linux platforms, it is possible to compile from the command line. There are a number of key tools for this job:

4make
A wrapper utility for all your compilation needs
fglc
The 4GL cross-compiler
fmpc
The 4GL forms pseudo compiler
msgc
The message compiler
q4gl
The interactive clone of the Informix I4GL utility

Compile with 4make

4make uses files with a .def extension to define how to build your 4GL programs. The format of a .def file is straightforward, and broken into a number of sections:

TARGET
The name of the program/library to be built
SOURCES
A list of the source 4GL/C files for this program
FORMS (optional)
A list of the form files used for this program
MSG (optional)
A list of the message files for this program

Sample .def file

TARGET=d4
SOURCES=d4_globals.4gl
d4_main.4gl
d4_customer.4gl
d4_order.4gl
d4_report.4gl
FORMS=custform.per
orderform.per
statelist.per

Compile the .def file

To compile a program defined in a .def file, pass the name of the TARGET to 4make. In the example above, the name of the target is d4, so we call 4make with d4 as an argument:

4make d4

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