File Naming Conventions

System Builder uses a specific naming convention for the records in its file.

This page is intended to show those conventions by file.

Projects

All work done on Avante is tracked with projects. This is the upper most level file for tracking the parts of a project and they are stored in the PRC.PROJECT file. The project tracking software is an add-on feature and not part of the core System Builder software. While not written in stone, the key to this file should be:
        PRC*III-94-AAA-###
### is a sequential counter.
Therefore, the 8th project for John Israel (initial are JRI) in the utilities area (UTL) would be
        PRC*JRI-94-UTL-008
Note that in all of the screens, the "PRC*" portion of the key is not displayed.

BPs

All programs are stored in the BP file. They have the naming convention of:
        AAAS####.#
the 4th character is always an "S"
#### is the related 4 digit number, &
.# is the program sequence (usually .1)

Screens (Input)

All System Builder input screens are stored in the DICT of the file it references (i.e. if the screen is for AUDITACT then the screen record will be in the DICT AUDITACT).
They have the naming convention of:
        AAAI####.N
the 4th character is always an "I",
#### is the related 4 digit number, &
and it always ends with ".N"

Note

The project naming conversion has changed slightly over time, but the above info is the current preferred naming conversion for all records. The naming convention for System Builder files has not changed.