•  Preface
  • Purpose
  • Audience
  • Organization
  • Using this manual
  • Typographical conventions
  • Examples of syntax descriptions
  • OpenEdge messages
•  Introduction
  • OpenEdge Application Development Model
  •  Concepts and terminology
    • External versus internal procedures
    • AppBuilder objects
  • What is smart about SmartObjects?
  • Visible versus nonvisible objects
  • Widgets
  • Reading and writing ABL widgets
  • Inter-object communication: signatures
  • Anatomy of a database application
  • Working with AppBuilder
  • Single-window or multi-window design?
  • Designing for character-based environments
  • Building an application in AppBuilder
•  AppBuilder Interface
  •  Starting and stopping AppBuilder
    • Starting from the operating system
    • Stopping AppBuilder
    • AppBuilder for Web-based applications
  •  AppBuilder main window
    • Current‑object fields
    • Status bar
  •  Menu bar
    •  File menu
      • File→ New
      • File→ Open
      • File→ Save
      • File→ Save As
      • File→ Save All
      • File→ Print
    •  Edit menu
      • Edit→ Undo
      • Edit→ Cut
      • Edit→ Copy
      • Edit→ Paste
      • Edit→ Duplicate
      • Edit→ Delete
      • Edit→ Copy to FIle
      • Edit→ Insert from File
      • Edit→ Tab Order
      • Edit→ Goto Page
      • Edit→ Assign Widget IDs
    •  Compile menu
      • Compile→ Run
      • Compile→ Check Syntax
      • Compile→ Debug
      • Compile→ Code Preview
      • Compile→ Close Character Run Window
    •  Tools menu
      • Tools→ New Procedure Window
      • Tools→ New ADM Class
      • Tools→ TEMP-DB Maintenance Tool
      • Tools→ Property Sheet
      • Tools→ Procedure Settings
      • Tools→ Color
      • Tools→ Database Connections
    •  Options menu
      • Options→ Preferences
      • Options→ Editing Options
      • Options→ Snap to Grid
      • Options→ Display Grid
    •  Layout menu
      • Layout→ Alternate Layout
      • Layout→ Center Left‑to‑Right in FrameLayout→ Center Top‑to‑Bottom in Frame
      • Layout→ Even Spacing Left‑to‑rightLayout→ Even Spacing Top‑to‑Bottom
      • Layout→ Move‑to‑TopLayout→ Move‑to‑Bottom
      • Layout→ Align
    •  Window menu
      • Window→ Code Section Editor
      • Window→ Hide Object Palette
      • Window→ Properties Window
      • Window→ OCX Property Editor
    •  Help menu
      • Help→ OpenEdge Master Help
      • Help→ AppBuilder Help Topics
      • Help→ Messages
      • Help→ Recent Messages
      • Help→ Cue Cards
      • Help→ About AppBuilder
    • Tool bar
  •  Object Palette
    •  Placing objects from the Object Palette
      • Multiple placements
      • Changing your mind
    • Object Palette options
    • Customizing the Object Palette
  •  The TEMP-DB database
    • Creating a TEMP-DB database
  •  Using the TEMP-DB Maintenance tool
    • TEMP-DB control records
    • Defining a new temp-table
    • Importing temp-table definitions
    • Viewing temp-table details
    • Editing temp-table definitions
    • Verifying a definition against its source
    • Rebuilding the TEMP-DB schema
  •  Setting your preferences
    •  AppBuilder preferences
      • WebSpeed tab
      • Grid Units tab
      • Print tab
      • Widget ID tab
    •  Section Editor preference options
      • Color Coding Setup dialog box
      • Alias setup
      • Options
  • Workspaces: design windows and source-code editors
  •  Editing source code safely: the Section Editor
    • Opening the Section Editor
    • Choosing a section to edit
    •  Using the Section Editor
      • Cutting, copying, and pasting text
      • Finding and replacing text
      • Transforming text
      • Inserting text from lists
      • Inserting whole files
      • Saving your changes
      • Undoing your changes
      • Deleting whole sections
    •  Inserting text-string tokens from lists
      • Database field names
      • Event names
      • Procedure/function calls
      • Preprocessor names
      • Queries
      • Object names
      • Filenames
  • Configuring look-and-feel: object properties
  • Inspecting a procedure file
  • Test-driving your design
  • Saving your work
•  Organizer Objects
  • Introduction to organizer objects
  • Organizer object roles
  • Creating a new procedure-based organizer instance
  •  SmartWindows
    •  Configuring SmartWindow visual properties
      • Opening the property sheet for the underlying window
      • Minimal configuration changes
      • Miscellaneous properties (other settings)
      • Menus
      • Context‑sensitive help
      • String attributes, window color, status area font
      • Advanced properties
  •  SmartDialogs
    •  Configuring SmartDialog visual properties
      • Minimal configuration changes
      • Miscellaneous properties (other settings)
      • Advanced properties
    • Configuring SmartDialog procedure settings
  •  SmartFrames
    •  Configuring SmartFrame visual properties
      • Minimal configuration changes
      • Miscellaneous properties (other settings)
      • Advanced properties
    • Configuring SmartFrame procedure settings
  • Basic windows
  • Basic dialogs
  •  Basic frames
    • Creating and placing a frame
    • Configuring frame properties
  •  Rectangles
    • Creating and placing a rectangle
    •  Configuring rectangle properties
      • Minimal configuration changes
      • Border width (edge pixels)
      • Geometry
      • Miscellaneous properties (other settings)
      • Advanced properties
  •  Simple SmartContainers
    • Creating and populating a Simple SmartContainer
    •  Placing and configuring a SmartContainer module
      • As an independent module
      • As a child module
  •  Creating paged layouts
    • Page identifiers
    •  Special pages
      • Design page
      • Page 0 (zero)
      • Startup page
    • Why only SmartObjects?
  • Paging with SmartFolders
  • Paging without SmartFolders
  • Paging whole windows
•  Data-Access Objects
  • Introduction to data-access objects
  • DataViews
  •  SmartDataObjects
    • Static SmartDataObjects
    • Dynamic SmartDataObjects
    •  Creating a SmartDataObject master
      • Design considerations
      • Creating the master
    • Editing a SmartDataObject master
    • Creating a SmartDataObject instance
    • Configuring a SmartDataObject instance
    • Selecting database fields for browsing
    • Creating calculated fields
    •  Data validation limitation
      • Solving the problem
      • Forcing server‑side validation
    • Using the dynamic SmartDataObject
  •  SmartBusinessObject
    • Creating and placing a SmartBusinessObject
    • Populating and configuring a SmartBusinessObject
    • Synchronizing SmartDataObjects using DATA links
    • Configuring a SmartBusinessObject instance
  •  SmartFilters
    •  Configuring SmartFilter properties
      • Data
      • Style
      • String Operators
      • Operator View As
      • Size & Position
      • Field Properties
  • Making changes to the data stream
  • Creating a freestanding query object
  •  Defining and editing queries using Query Builder
    • Table mode
    • Join mode
    • Where mode
    • Sort mode
    •  Options mode
      • Editable find, join, and field list criteria
      • Editable query tuning options
•  Data-Display/Capture Objects
  • Introduction to data-display objects
  • SmartDataBrowsers
  •  Dynamic SmartDataBrowser
    • Creating a dynamic SmartDataBrowser instance
  •  Static SmartDataBrowser
    • Creating a SmartDataBrowser master
    •  Configuring SmartDataBrowser properties
      • Minimal configuration
      • Query and fields
      • Geometry
      • Advanced properties
    • Editing a SmartDataBrowser master
    • Creating and placing a SmartDataBrowser instance
    • Configuring a SmartDataBrowser instance
    • Scrolling to the last record in the data stream
  •  SmartDataViewers
    • Creating a SmartDataViewer master
    •  Adding and removing SmartDataViewer fields
      • Removing SmartDataViewer fields
      • Adding SmartDataViewer fields
    •  Configuring SmartDataViewer properties
      • Minimal configuration
      • Rearranging the layout
      • Other property changes
      • Advanced properties
  •  SmartDataFields
    • Placing and configuring a SmartDataField instance
  •  SmartSelects
    • Placing a SmartSelect instance
    •  Configuring a SmartSelect instance
      • Data source
      • Data
      • Properties
      • Optional
      • Visualization
      • Displayed field attributes
      • Geometry
    • Example: assigning a new sales rep
  •  Basic data browsers
    • Creating a basic data browser instance
    •  Configuring a basic data browser instance
      • Minimal configuration
      • Query and fields
      • Geometry
      • Advanced properties
  •  Combo boxes
    • Creating a basic combo box instance
    •  Configuring a basic combo box instance
      • Minimal configuration
      • Size and style configuration
      • Advanced properties
    •  Operating a basic combo box
      • Clearing the list buffer
      • Adding a line item
      • Adding a user-supplied line item
      • Deleting a line from the list
      • Finding a line or item in the list
    • Creating an ActiveX combo box instance
    •  Configuring an ActiveX combo box instance
      • Minimal configuration
      • Additional property configuration
      • Code configuration
  •  Basic data viewers
    • Creating a basic data viewer instance
    • Configuring a basic viewer instance
  •  Multi-line editors
    • Creating an editor instance
    •  Configuring an editor instance
      • Minimal configuration
      • Edit‑buffer size
      • Help
      • Geometry
      • Advanced properties
  •  Fill-ins (single-line editors)
    • Creating a fill-in instance
    •  Configuring a fill-in instance
      • Minimal configuration
      • Internal data format
      • Help
      • Geometry
      • Advanced properties
  •  Radio button sets
    • Creating a radio-set instance
    •  Configuring a radio-set instance
      • Minimal configuration
      • Help
      • Geometry
      • Advanced properties
  •  Selection lists
    • Creating a selection list instance
    •  Configuring a selection list instance
      • Minimal configuration
      • Help
      • Geometry
      • Advanced properties
  •  Slider controls
    • Creating a slider-control instance
    •  Configuring a slider control instance
      • Minimal configuration
      • Help
      • Geometry
      • Advanced properties
  •  Spin controls (ActiveX)
    • Creating a spin control instance
    •  Configuring a spin‑control instance
      • Minimal configuration
      • Optional configuration
  •  Toggle boxes (check boxes)
    • Creating a toggle box instance
    •  Configuring a toggle box instance
      • Minimal configuration
      • Help
      • Geometry
      • Advanced properties
•  Data-Communication Objects
  •  SmartB2BObjects
    • XML schema and mapping files
    •  Mapping options
      • Mapping to a column
      • Mapping to a function in the SmartB2BObject
      • Mapping to a procedure in the data-access object
      • Mapping to a function in the data-access object
      • Mapping to a whole data-access object.
    • XML schema Mapping Tool
    • Starting the XML Mapping Tool
    •  Creating an XML map file
      • Selecting SmartObjects for mapping
      • Mapping schema nodes
    • Creating a master SmartB2BObject
    • Creating and placing a SmartB2BObject instance
    •  Configuring a SmartB2BObject instance
      • Outgoing instance properties
      • Incoming instance properties
  •  SmartSender and SmartReceiver objects
    • Creating and completing a SmartSender master
    • Placing and configuring a SmartSender instance
  •  SmartRouters
    • Handling multiple document types
    • Callable document-handlers
    • Creating a document-handling package
    • Creating a document-routing package
  •  SmartProducers and SmartConsumers
    • Creating and placing a SmartProducer instance
    • Configuring a SmartProducer instance
    • Creating and placing a SmartConsumer instance
    • Configuring a SmartConsumer instance
    •  Batch mode: starting and stopping a SmartConsumer
      • Stopping a SmartConsumer
  •  The message-handling relationship: internal details
    •  Outbound message and reply-handling process
      • Outbound message and reply-handling process
      • Inbound message-handling and reply process
    • Example of sendHandler code
    • Example of sendHandler override code
    • Example of receiveReplyHandler code
    • Example of receiveHandler code
    • Example of receiveHandler override code
    • Example of sendReplyHandler code
    • Example ofsendReplyHandler override code
•  Control Objects
  • Introduction to control objects
  •  SmartToolbars
    • Placing a SmartToolbar
    • Configuring a SmartToolbar instance
    • Creating a new SmartToolbar
    • Adding a filter-control window
  •  SmartPanels
    •  Creating and configuring a SmartPanel instance
      • Navigation SmartPanel properties
      • Save/Update SmartPanel properties
      • Transaction SmartPanel properties
  •  Basic buttons
    • Creating a button instance
    •  Configuring a button instance
      • Minimum configuration
      • Advanced properties
      • Setting a button label
•  Other Objects
  • Simple (undefined) SmartObjects
  •  ActiveX (OCX) objects
    • Creating an ActiveX object instance
    • Generic ActiveX event handlers
    • ActiveX (OCX) properties data
  •  Static images
    • Minimal configuration
    • Help
    • Geometry
    • Advanced properties
  • Static text
  • Timer objects (ActiveX)
•  Frequently Used Dialogs
  •  ActiveX control frame properties
    • Advanced properties
  •  ADM pages manager
    • Reviewing the list of SmartObjects assigned to a page
    • Setting the design or startup page
    • Moving a SmartObject between two pages
    • Exchanging the contents of two pages
    • Deleting a SmartObject from a page
    • Deleting a page and all its SmartObjects
  • Advanced procedure settings
  • Advanced properties
  •  Colors selector and editor
    • Choosing colors
    • Defining new colors
  • Custom lists naming
  • Database field selector
  • Method library includes list
  • Procedure settings
  • Properties window
  • SmartLinks editor
  • SmartInfo
  •  SmartObject properties
    • Creating a SmartObject placeholder
  • String attributes
  • Traversal-path editor
  • Temp-tables maintenance
  •  Text style selector and editor
    • Choosing a type style
    • Defining a type style
•  Multiple Layouts
  • Why use multiple layouts?
  • What is a layout?
  •  Two types of layouts
    • Master layout
    •  Alternate layout
      • Standard layouts
      • Layouts at design time
      • Alternate layout scope
  • Creating alternate layouts
  • Selecting a predefined alternate layout
  •  Modifying layouts with layout inheritance
    •  Layout inheritance behavior at run time
      • Character layout inheritance
      • Overriding layout inheritance
    • Layout inheritance behavior at design time
    • Re-establishing layout inheritance
  •  How multiple layouts work: a look at the code
    • Run-time properties and AppBuilder settings
    • Layout cases internal procedure
    • Enable_UI internal procedure
  •  Alternate layout limitations
    • Modifiable properties
    • Text widgets in alternate layouts
    • Combo boxes in alternate layouts
    • SIZE-TO-FIT setting
  • Switching between layouts at run time
  • Simulating character applications
  •  Running character applications
    • Character client connection issues
    • Double-byte characters
  •  Multiple layouts for SmartObjects
    • Creating SmartObject alternate layouts
    •  Modifying SmartObject layouts
      • Setting layout options for SmartObject instances
    •  Applying SmartObject layouts at run time
      • Setting the initial layout
      • Changing layouts
•  Customizing AppBuilder
  • Custom object files and extended features
  •  Creating custom object files
    • General coding rules
    • Entry types
    • Adding a button to the Object Palette
    • Adding a SmartObject to a palette button pop-up menu
    • Adding a new template
    •  Adding a widget to a palette button pop-up menu
      • Sample widget entry
  •  Creating extended features (XFTRs)
    • The &ANALYZE-SUSPEND directive for XFTRs
    • The event-mapping comment
    • The compilable code comment
    • The ending comment
    • The &ANALYZE-RESUME directive for XFTRs
    • How AppBuilder runs XFTR event handlers
  •  AppBuilder’s API
    • Context IDs
    • Naming convention
    • AppBuilder’s API summary
    •  Add/remove SmartLinks (adeuib/_ablink.p)
      • Input parameters
      • Example
    •  Access section (adeuib/_accsect.p)
      • Input parameters
      • Input‑output parameters
      • Return values
      • Examples
    •  AppBuilder database table names (adeuib/_dbtbnam.p)
      • Input parameters
      • Output parameter
      • Example
    •  AppBuilder information (adeuib/_uibinfo.p)
      • Input parameters
      • Other options
      • SECTIONS function
      • HTML-FILE-NAME
      • BROKERURL
      • REMOTE
      • WEBBROWSER
      • DATAOBJECT
      • DATAOBJECT-INCLUDE
      • PALETTE-ITEM
      • Output parameter
    •  AppBuilder create (adeuib/_uib_crt.p)
      • Input parameters
      • Special cases of pc_custom
      • Output parameter
      • Return values
    •  AppBuilder delete (adeuib/_uib_del.p)
      • Input parameter
      • Return values
    •  AppBuilder dialog (adeuib/_uib_dlg.p)
      • Input parameters
      • Input/output parameters
    •  Window save (adeuib/_winsave.p)
      • Input parameters
      • Example
    •  Reserved names (adeuib/_namespc.p)
      • Input parameters
  • Example using AppBuilder’s API