ECMap uses projects to organize maps so they are easy to locate and use. You can set up projects in any way that suits your business purposes, such as creating projects based on trading partners or on business applications.
You can add, modify, select and delete projects, as well as import or export an entire project with all of its associated maps.
Each time you create a project, the system adds the data to a Microsoft® Access database file called projects.mdb. This master file comprises three tables, mproject, mtable, and mxref, which contain information about all of the projects, maps, and cross-reference tables in ECMap. The information in these tables is updated each time that you add, modify, or delete a project, map, or cross-reference table.
The mproject table contains the names of all of the projects in your system. It contains all of the information entered in the five text boxes within the New Project window:
Project Name
Project Description
Project Directory
Contact
Phone Number
mtable contains the names of all of the projects and maps in your system. The project name links this table to the mproject table, and the project name/map name combination links this table to the mxref table. Each record in the table contains the name of a project, a map within that project, and the related trading partner information. The mtable table contains all of the information you entered in the four tabs of the Map Definition window.
The mxref table contains the names of all the project, maps, and cross-reference tables in your system. Each record in the table contains the name of a project, a map within that project, and a cross-reference table used in that map. The project name links this table to the mproject table, and the project name/map name combination links this table to the mtable table. Since the same cross-reference tables can be used in more than one map, there may be multiple records that have the same cross-reference table name.
When you export a project, ECMap creates a copy of these same three tables, but they contain information only for the project being exported. When you import the project, ECMap uses the exported project-specific information in these three tables to update the master projects.mdb database in the ECMap installation to which the project is being imported.
Starting ECMap
Double-click the ECMap icon on your desktop or select Start > Programs > Sybase > ECMap > ECMap.
When the Login window displays, accept the default user
name, Admin.
Type the password, ecmap,
and click OK.
The password is case sensitive. Use lowercase.
Creating a project
In the ECMap main window select File > Project > New. The New Project window displays.
Type information into the text boxes in the Project group:
Project Name – Type a short title that helps you quickly recognize the contents of the project. This field is required.
Project Description – Type a brief explanation of the project. This field is optional.
Directory – Click Browse to navigate to the folder or directory where the project is physically stored and double-click the folder to populate the field. This field is required.
Contact – Type the name of the individual responsible for the maps in this project. This field is optional.
Phone Number – Type the telephone number of the individual responsible for the maps in this project. This field is optional.
Click OK to return to the Project window.
Highlight the Project you just created, right-click and choose Select from the submenu.
The project name now displays in ECMap’s status bar in the main window.
