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OpenEdge Development: Basic Development Tools
Application Development Environment : Starting the ADE tools
 
Starting the ADE tools
The ADE comprises the following tools:
*Procedure Editor
*Data Dictionary
*Application Compiler
This manual covers the tools used for application development: Procedure Editor and Application Compiler. For information on the Data Dictionary, refer to OpenEdge Development: Basic Database Tools.
Procedure Editor
The Procedure Editor lets you create and run OpenEdge procedures. See Chapter 2, “Procedure Editor Tasks” for a description of the tasks you can perform with the Procedure Editor. See Chapter 4, “Procedure Editor Reference,” for a description of the Procedure Editor menu options and dialog boxes.
Before starting the Procedure Editor, be sure to include the directory where you installed OpenEdge in the PATH environment variable (DLC\bin, by default).
There are four ways to start the Procedure Editor:
*To start a multi‑user OpenEdge session, enter the following command at the command line, where database refers to any database created with OpenEdge Release 10:
  
mpro [ database ]
*To start a single‑user OpenEdge session, enter the following command at the command line, where database refers to any database created with OpenEdge Release 10:
  
pro [ database ]
*To start a single‑user OpenEdge session and load procedure files, enter the following command at the command line:
  
pro -param
  " procedure1.p , procedure2.p , procedure3.p , ... "
*From any of the other ADE tools, choose Tools→ Procedure Editor.
Application Compiler
The Application Compiler lets you compile a group of source procedures (.p and .w files). See Chapter 5, “Application Compiler” for a complete description of how to compile an ABL procedure.
To start the Application Compiler, choose Tools→ Application Compiler from the menu bar in any of the other OpenEdge tools.