What’s New in OpenEdge® Architect for 10.1B?
Sunil S Belgaonkar
Principal Software Engineer
Progress Software Corporation
Agenda
OpenEdge Architect
 Introduction to OpenEdge Architect
 Database Connection Unification
 New ABL Debugger
 Object-Oriented ABL Extensions
 Customization Editor
 Other Enhancements
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What is OpenEdge Architect?
OpenEdge Architect is an
Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
for building service oriented business
applications (SOBA).
OpenEdge Architect provides
an open, Intuitive and extensible toolset that
enhances OpenEdge developer productivity
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OpenEdge Architect
ABL Editor
Tools for
Business
Logic
Meta Catalog
Future:
DB Navigator
Debugger
New Plug-ins
Eclipse (foundation platform)
OpenEdge Development Server
OpenEdge Studio
Application Server
WebSpeed Transaction Server
Client Networking
AppBuilder
Pro*Tools, ProxyGen
WebSpeed Workshop
OpenEdge Database
Data Administration
OpenEdge Runtime
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Agenda
OpenEdge Architect enhancements in 10.1B…
 Introduction to OpenEdge Architect
 Database Connection Unification
 New ABL Debugger
 Object-Oriented ABL Extensions
 Customization Editor
 Other Enhancements
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Database Connection Unification
Benefits…
 Simplify database connectivity
• ABL and SQL connections to the OpenEdge
RDBMS can be done in one place
• Entering common information once
 Make it easier to
• Reuse connections within the same workspace
and
• Allow connections to be shared with other users
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Steps For Creating Database Connections
 Create or Import Workspace Database
Connection Profiles
• Provide ABL Connection information
• Provide SQL Connection information
 Associate Workspace Database Connection
Profiles to Projects
 Export Workspace Database Connection Profiles
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Workspace Database Connections
Available from:
Preferences 
OpenEdge 
Database Connections
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Import Database Connections
Available from:
File  Import 
OpenEdge Database
Connections
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Associate Workspace Database Connections to
Projects
Available from:
Right Click On Project
 Properties 
Database Connections
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Export Database Connections
Available from:
File  Export 
OpenEdge Database
Connections
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Database Connection Migration
New Workbench menu option
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Database Connection Migration Wizard
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Agenda
OpenEdge Architect enhancements in 10.1B…
 Introduction to OpenEdge Architect
 Database Connection Unification
 New ABL Debugger
 Object-Oriented ABL Extensions
 Customization Editor
 Other Enhancements
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New ABL Debugger
Benefits…
 Inspection of complex objects is simplified
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using a consolidated view
Can have multiple debug sessions at the
same time
Editor actions can be performed while
debugging
Uses and integrates with Eclipse Debug
Framework
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Consolidated Variables Views
Replaces 10.1A Views (Variables, Buffers, Parameters, Temp Tables, Dataset, Watches)
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Debug and Code View
 Multiple debug
sessions
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Breakpoints
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Breakpoints are
persistent among
OpenEdge Architect
sessions
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Breakpoints can be
exported/imported
File  Export 
General 
Breakpoints
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Source Code Lookup
 Source lookup
functionality
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Agenda
OpenEdge Architect enhancements in 10.1B…
 Introduction to OpenEdge Architect
 Database Connection Unification
 New ABL Debugger
 Object-Oriented ABL Extensions
 Customization Editor
 Other Enhancements
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What’s new for Object-oriented extensions?
 Improved class wizard
 Overriding methods
 Adding constructors from super class
 Adding Properties
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ABL Class wizard
Available from:
File  New 
ABL Class
Lists all
projects in
workspace
Lists all folders and
subfolders in
previously selected
project
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ABL Class wizard …adding Inheritance
Available from:
File  New 
ABL Class
Lists all classes in
workspace
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ABL Class wizard … adding Interfaces
Available from:
File  New 
ABL Class
Select interface
files and “Add” or
Double-click on one
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Overriding Methods
Editor pane  Right-click  Source  Override Methods
Available from:
Source  Override
methods
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Add Constructor From Super Class
Available from:
Source  Add
Constructors from
Super Class
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Adding a Property
Available from:
Source  Add Property
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What’s new in OpenEdge Architect for 10.1B?
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Agenda
OpenEdge Architect enhancements in 10.1B…
 Introduction to OpenEdge Architect
 Database Connection Unification
 New ABL Debugger
 Object-Oriented ABL Extensions
 Customization Editor
 Other Enhancements
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Customization Editor
Benefits
 Provides an easy way to customize OpenEdge
Architect development environment
 Allows users to:
• Add actions to a menu or toolbar
• Specify a template for creating a file
• Specify a template that overrides an OpenEdge
Architect supplied template
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Customization Editor
Available from:
Tools 
Customization
Editor
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Sharing Customizations
 Customizations are saved in the plug-in
com.openedge.pdt.extensibility.user
 To share customizations, copy the plug-in
from the plug-in directory where the
customizations were created (the source) to
the plug-in directory of another user (the
target)
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OpenEdge Architect Events
 Capturing OpenEdge Architect events
• Allows ABL developers to customize their
development environments
• Architect publishes events to the associated
OpenEdge runtime for a project
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OpenEdge Studio and OpenEdge Architect
events
OpenEdge Studio
OpenEdge Architect
New
Before-Open
Open
Open-file
Before-Close
Close
Close-file
Before-Save
Before-save
Save
After-save
Before-Compile
Before-compile
Compile
After-compile
Before-Run
Before-run
Run
After-run
Before-Debug
Before-debug
Debug
After-debug
Before-Check-Syntax
Check-Syntax
Before-Check-Syntax-Partial
Check-Syntax-Partial
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Startup
Project-startup
Shutdown
Project-shutdown
What’s new in OpenEdge Architect for 10.1B?
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Agenda
OpenEdge Architect enhancements in 10.1B…
 Introduction to OpenEdge Architect
 Database Connection Unification
 New ABL Debugger
 Object-Oriented ABL Extensions
 Customization Editor
 Other Enhancements
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Eclipse 3.2
Cheat Sheets
Source directory support
Progress Dynamics Integration
64-bit support
Hover on Run
Outline view changes
New OpenEdge Architect Icon
Installation directory structure change
Project Property sheet changes
Workspace preference changes
Removal of linked resources directory
What’s new in OpenEdge Architect for 10.1B?
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In Summary
 Lots of new and easy to use
features make it more
productive environment
 For more information on
OpenEdge Architect goto
• PSDN
• Exchange
– Workshop
– Breakouts
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Questions?
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Thank you for
your time
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