SIMPOL Documentation

Now that the design portion is done, we can start actually getting the program running. If it is still open, Superbase NG Personal can be closed. Now switch to our minimized IDE from earlier in the chapter (or reopen the project if it was closed). The first thing we'll do is include the form source code:

include "colorlab_form.sma"
      

After adding this line, save the file (Ctrl+S or select File → Save from the menu). You will notice that a dependent entry for the file colorlab_form.sma appears in the Project View tree on the left. To see what that looks like, examine the image that follows.

The SIMPOL IDE after adding the include entry to the project.

Also, another dependent entry appears below that, with a red X over the icon. The source file uisyshelphdr.sma is included by the form source code, but is not visible to the project. To resolve that, we need to add the include directory to the project. We also need to add a library that is used together with that include file. The library is called uisyshelp.sml. To do this, from the menu select Project → Settings. Then select the second tab, Includes and Libraries. On the left side click on Add and then locate and select the include directory from the SIMPOL installation. On the right side, also click the Add button. Select the uisyshelp.sml file to add it to the list of libraries. The result can be seen in the following image.

The Project Settings dialog after adding items.

Now click on the OK button and that will show a warning dialog informing you that three additional components will be added to the project: utos, slib, wxwn. See the equivalent image hereafter.

The Project Settings warning dialog adding components.

This is done by detecting the required components from the library. Without those components the library would not work correctly. As can be seen from the following screen shot, once the update to the Include Folders has been added, the IDE now shows the entry in the Project View with a normal icon; the red X is gone.

The SIMPOL IDE showing the updated project.