OpenEdge GUI ABL window with a browse compared to an OpenEdge GUI for .NET form with a grid

Whether you are working with the OpenEdge GUI or with the OpenEdge GUI for .NET, the steps you take to create a functional window with a browse or data grid are similar using both technologies—only the syntax is different. In either case you need to do the following:

The following table lists various ABL statements that compare how you build a window with a browse using the OpenEdge GUI compared to building a form with a data grid using the OpenEdge GUI for .NET. Note that the OpenEdge GUI for .NET code assumes the following USING statements:

USING System.Windows.Forms.* FROM ASSEMBLY.
USING Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.* FROM ASSEMBLY.

Table 3. OpenEdge GUI ABL window with a browse compared to an OpenEdge GUI for .NET form with a grid
OpenEdge GUI	OpenEdge GUI for .NET
DEFINE VARIABLE C-Win AS HANDLE. CREATE WINDOW C-Win ASSIGN . . .	DEFINE VARIABLE custForm AS CLASS Progress.Windows.Form. custForm = NEW Progress.Windows.Form( ).
DEFINE QUERY custQry FOR Customer SCROLLING. . . .	DEFINE QUERY custQry FOR Customer SCROLLING. . . . DEFINE VARIABLE custSource AS Progress.Data.BindingSource. custSrc = NEW Progress.Data.BindingSource( custQry ).
DEFINE BROWSE CustBrowse QUERY CustQry . . .	DEFINE VARIABLE custGrid AS UltraGrid. custGrid = NEW UltraGrid( ). custGrid:DataSource = custSrc.
DEFINE FRAME Default-Frame CustBrowse . . . ENABLE CustBrowse WITH FRAME Default-Frame IN WINDOW C-Win.	custForm:Controls:Add( custGrid ). . . . /* controls enabled by default */
VIEW C-Win.	custForm:Show( ).
WAIT-FOR CLOSE OF THIS-PROCEDURE.	WAIT-FOR Application:Run( custForm ).
ON WINDOW-CLOSE OF C-Win DO: APPLY "CLOSE":U TO THIS-PROCEDURE	custForm:FormClosing:Subscribe( Form_Closing ). METHOD PRIVATE VOID Form_Closing ( . . . ): . . . END METHOD.
ON CLOSE OF THIS-PROCEDURE DO: . . .	—