This manual is written for the ABL developer who is thoroughly familiar with programming in ABL. For more information about ABL, see OpenEdge Getting Started: ABL Essentials and OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference.
It is also best if the reader is familiar with the Microsoft .NET Framework, object-oriented programming concepts, and has an understanding of another object-oriented programming language, such as C#. For more information on working with .NET in ABL, see OpenEdge Development: GUI for .NET Programming. For more information about object-oriented programming in ABL, see OpenEdge Development: Object-oriented Programming.
Having a working knowledge of the Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge Visual Designer tool greatly enhances your productivity in building OpenEdge GUI for .NET applications. For more how-to information about using the Visual Designer, see OpenEdge Getting Started: Introducing the Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge Visual Designer.
