Can you explain the difference between .apt and .app

[Sam]

 Posted by:  Sam <sammA...@hotmail.com> 

Hi,
I am a new user to Centura Team Dev. I am looking to find out more
about the file types .app and .apt - specificly, how the differ from
each other, and th eappropriate uses for each file type, as well as any
pros or cons.

Any friendly help or advice is welcome,

Many thanks,
Sam

[kdre...@boerner-it.de]

 Posted by:  kdre...@boerner-it.de 

Hi Sam,

both types (*.app and *.apt) are used to save the source code of CTD
into a file. The *.app-files contain precompiled source code. These
files cann only read by the CTD itself.
The *.apt-files contain the source code in form of text data. The file
format is often used to manipulate the source code by other programs or
source code generators.
We use *.apt-files to store our source code. It is often easier to
transfer the code from one machine to another. Sometimes we found that
CTD cannot read an *.app-file, whence an *.apt-file was always
readable. An another reason for us is: An *.apt-file can be packed with
ZIP and has only 10% size of the original source file. It saves place
in our source code archives.
Hope, I could help you.
With best regards from Eisenach, Germany

Dr. Klaus-Dieter Remmler

[Sam]

 Posted by:  Sam <sammA...@hotmail.com> 

Thank you kindly for that excellent summary. It was very helpful in
putting the file types into prospective, and understandding their uses
a little better now !

Kind Regards,
Sam