C Programming Task Overview

After you generate code with BladeSmith, complete these general tasks to finish your DataBlade module code:

1. Open the project.dsw file in Visual C++. You can do this from within BladeSmith. See Opening the Project File in Visual C++ for instructions.
2. Add code to these source code files to enable your routines to function as you intend:
   • Opaque.c. Add functionality for opaque data type support routines, as necessary. See Editing Opaque Type Support Routines in opaque.c for instructions.
   • statistics.c. Add functionality for statistics support routines, as necessary. See Editing Statistics Routines in statistics.c for instructions.
   • udr.c. Add functionality for user-defined routines, cast support functions, and aggregates. See Editing Routines in udr.c for instructions.
3. Compile and link your source code files using a makefile or Visual C++ workspace file generated by BladeSmith. See Compiling DataBlade Module Code for instructions.

To avoid merging conflicts when you regenerate your code, add code only in areas marked by TO DO: comments or after the generated code. If you do modify code outside the designated areas, after you regenerate you might have two copies of the routine: the one you modified and the one BladeSmith generated. Although your changes remain, you must resolve conflicts in the two pieces of code.