The steps to creating your first Helix QAC project are as follows:
- Choose a name for your project, in accordance with Section Naming Your Project
- Choose the compulsory Helix QAC configuration files you wish to use for your project, in accordance with Section Choosing Configuration Files.
- Choose the file extensions of your sources, in accordance with Section Setting the File Extensions for Your Sources.
- Choose the optimum Helix QAC root directory for sources, in accordance with Section Setting the Root Directory of Your Sources.
Once complete, a file named "prqaproject.xml" and a directory named "prqa", containing your chosen configuration files, are created in the project directory. This project does not, as yet, have any sources associated with it. It is termed a "headless Helix QAC project" and can be used as a project template to be used for more projects or to distribute to other machines where Helix QAC is installed (just copy the "prqaproject.xml" file and the "prqa" directory to any directory where you wish to create a project).