Projects: Thread of threads

In many cases, a development effort is the result of bringing together several threads from several different groups. Since the coordination and management of these threads can itself become complicated, Razor allows you to generate a special thread of threads, called a project. These are defined and stored under the special group named -PROJECT-, which appears as the last option under the Groups pull down menu.

The project editor

To create a new project, you must first select -PROJECT- from the groups menu, and then choose the New Project option from the File menu. To edit an existing project, simply double click the mouse over one of the existing project names listed on the main display. In either case, the Project Edit panel will appear, as shown below.




There are three columns to the rows on the list. They indicate the thread name, which version of that thread is part of the project definition, and which Razor group that thread relates to. (Note that you can control whether the list is sorted by the names of the threads or the groups they refer to with options on the View menu).

Defining the collection of threads

Modifications are made to the project definition through the options on the Edit menu, as shown below.




There are three elements which combine to form entries in a project definition. The first is the Razor group the thread relates to, and is selected from the Groups menu. Secondly, for the selected group, the upper left corner of the panel shows all of the known threads. Third, for whichever thread is selected, the scrolling list in the upper right shows all of the possible versions of the thread. As selections are made in the two lists, the Title and Description fields are updated to show what commentary was entered at the time of creation.

If the panel is up in "add" mode, then selecting the Apply button will allow more and more items to be added to the list. If the panel is up in "edit" mode, then apply only changes the definition of the particular thread of interest.