•  Preface
  • Purpose
  • Audience
  • Organization
  • Typographical conventions
  • Example procedures
•  Features of the Visual Designer
  • What is the OpenEdge Visual Designer?
  •  Components of the Visual Designer
    • The Design Canvas
    • The Control Toolbox
    • The Properties view
  •  Other Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge perspectives, editors, and views
    • The ABL Editor
    • The Class Browser
    • Debugger
    • DB Navigator
    • Meta Catalog
    • Tools for Business Logic
  •  What you can create with the Visual Designer
    • The ABL Form
    • The ABL Dialog
    • The ABL MDI Form
    • The ABL User Control
    • The ABL Inherited Control
  •  Getting help
    • Visual Designer online help
    • Help on .NET controls
    • OpenEdge .NET ABL documentation
•  Setting Up the Sample Application Project
  • Prerequisites
  • Introducing the sample application
  • Creating the project
  • Creating the database
  • Adding the database connection to the project
  • Setting up the SampleAppSolution project
•  Creating the Customer Window
  •  Overview
    • Tasks in this chapter
    • Before you begin . . .
  •  Adding customerForm.cls to the project
    • Changing the title bar of the form
  •  Data binding
    • Adding the ProBindingSource control to a form
    • Defining the schema
    • Defining the recursive relationship
    •  Attaching controls to a ProBindingSource
      • Positioning the UltraGrid control
    •  Attaching the ProBindingSource control to a data source
      • Updating the existing constructor and destructor
  • Adding interface methods
  • Adding event handlers
  • Running customerForm.cls
•  Creating the Department Window
  •  Overview
    • Tasks in this chapter
    • Before you begin . . .
  • Adding departmentForm.cls to the project
  • Adding a ProBindingSource control to the form
  •  Adding an UltraTree control to the form
    • Using the ColumnSet Layout Designer
  • Adding the code that completes data binding
  • Running departmentForm.cls
•  Creating the Purchase Order Window
  •  Overview
    • Tasks in this chapter
    • Before you begin . . .
  • Adding purchaseOrderForm.cls to the project
  • Adding a ProBindingSource control
  • Adding a group box control
  • Adding editors
  • Adding a panel and buttons
  • Adding event handlers
  • Adding the interface methods
  • Adding the data binding code
  • Running purchaseOrderForm.cls
•  Creating the Sports Window
  •  Overview
    • Tasks in this chapter
    • Before you begin . . .
  • Adding sportsForm.cls to the project
  • Adding an UltraExplorerBar to the form
  • Adding event handlers
  •  Modifying the functionality of menu and toolbar items
    • Removing the New menu item
    • Modifying the Open menu item
  • Running sportsForm.cls
•  Creating the Login Dialog
  •  Overview
    • Tasks in this chapter
    • Before you begin . . .
  •  Adding LeftBar.cls to the project
    • Adding an image list to LeftBar.cls
    • Adding an UltraExplorerBar to LeftBar.cls
    • Subscribing to events and adding handlers
    • Adding LeftBar.cls to the Toolbox
  • Adding LoginBlock.cls to the Toolbox
  •  Adding HelpButton.cls to the Toolbox
    • Adding a HelpButton to the Toolbox
  •  Adding LoginDlg.cls to the project
    • Adding interface and login methods to LoginDlg.cls
  • Running LoginDlg.cls
  • Where to go from here