Project Setup

To prepare a project to be used with the AIMMS PRO platform in its most basic Outline form, you should perform the following steps:

• Add the AIMMS PRO Client and GUI libraries to your project,
• Modify the procedures that need to be executed at the server,
• Add an action to your GUI that opens the Request Manager page,
• Create a .aimmspack file and publish this to the server via the PRO portal as described in AIMMS Application Management.

We will describe each of these steps. In addition, we describe the additional features offered by the AIMMS PRO framework that will allow you to create customized workflows between your client application and a server-side session executing your (optimization) requests.

• Adding PRO Libraries to your Project
  • Install AIMMS PRO System libraries
  • Downloading the AIMMS PRO Client library
    • Adding the Client Library
    • Adding the GUI Library
• Basic AIMMS PRO Workflow
  • Basic Usage
  • Other Workflows
  • Modify Procedures
    • Client-side Behavior of pro::DelegateToServer
    • Server-side Behavior of pro::DelegateToServer
  • Displaying the Request Manager
  • Create a .aimmspack File and Publish
• Conversion Guidelines
  • Constructs to Avoid
  • Symptoms When You Violate These Limitations
  • Application Experience
• AIMMS PRO and Data Management
  • Where to Locate Data
  • PRO Central Data Management
  • PRO User Cases
  • PRO Shared Cases
  • PRO Central Storage
  • Central Case URL’s
  • User and Shared Case Shortcuts
  • Transferring Files
  • Manipulating PRO Files and Folders
  • Access Rights
  • Specifying Access Rights
  • Using a Database
• Advanced AIMMS PRO Workflows
  • Determining the Application State to Transfer
    • Specifying Case Content
      • Specifying Case Types
      • Specifying Case Content
    • Optional action to be taken after case load
    • Saving Log Files
  • Advanced Usage of pro::DelegateToServer
    • pro::DelegateToServer arguments
      • Specifying a Procedure
      • Specifying a Description
      • Specifying a Callback
      • Predefined Callbacks
      • Counting Completed Requests
    • Timing out Requests
    • Timed-out Sessions
    • Asynchronous…
    • …Versus Blocking
    • Using a Shared Input Case
      • Accepted Values
    • Distributing Work
    • Overriding the License Profile
    • Adjusting the Job Priority
      • When to use
    • Scheduling a Session in the Future
  • Communication Between client-side and Server-side Sessions
    • Bidirectional Communication Between Sessions
      • One or Multiple Peers
      • Specializations
    • Current Session Info
    • Message Flags
    • Waiting for Messages
      • Synchronous Workflows
  • Using Messages in Your PRO Applications
    • Implementing a Message Bus
    • Creating a Queue
    • Connecting to a Queue
    • Communicating the Queue to Other Users
    • Sending Messages
  • The PRO Progress Window
    • Preparing the Use of the PRO Progress Window
    • Opening the PRO Progress Window
    • Implemented Using Messages
  • Using Solver leases instead of DelegateToServer
    • Solver lease concepts
    • Limits and best practice
    • Specifying the solve using solver leases
• Debugging PRO-enabled Projects
  • Connecting With the PRO Server
  • Opening the Project
  • Logging on
  • Debugging the Client Session
  • Server-side Session Debugging is Hard
  • Server-side Debugging in Developer Mode
  • Debugging a Server-side Session
  • Debugging Your Model