Validating Projects

Using the Validate Project option ensures the integrity of a project, checking that the definitions in a project are valid and present. While it is good practice to perform validation on a regular basis, it is especially important to do before and after migrating a project to other databases during development, upgrades, or updates. Results of the validation check appear in the Validate tab in the output window.

To validate a project:

1. Close all active component definitions in the definition workspace.

   Otherwise, the validation occurs in the component, rather than the project.

2. Select Tools > Options.

3. Select the Validate tab in the Options dialog box.

4. Select Validate project integrity.

5. Click OK.

6. Select Tools > Validate Project.

7. Review the results in the Validate tab in the output window.

This example illustrates the results displayed in the log file generated by the validate project option.