Progress Dynamics menu options

The Progress Dynamics actions are now available from within the Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge. These dynamics actions enable you to develop dynamics applications in an OpenEdge project.

The Progress Dynamics actions are available only with the Dynamics projects. See Setting Progress Dynamics projects.

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You can use the Customize Perspective dialog to show or hide the Progress Dynamics menu actions which are visible in your perspective. Access this dialog by selecting Windows > Customize Perspective.

See Customize Perspective help.

The Dynamics actions available from the File menu are:

Dynamics action	Description
Open Object	Opens the Open Object dialog that enables you to browse for objects stored in the Repository and open them for editing in the GUI Designer. See Open Object dialog.
Open Associated Procedure	Opens an associated procedure if the currently selected object has a custom procedure or a data logic procedure associated with it.
Save Dynamic Object As Static	Opens the Save As Static dialog that enables you to save the following dynamic objects as static objects: Dynamic SmartDataViewers (DynView) Dynamic SmartDataObjects (DynSDO) See Saving dynamic objects as static. Note: This menu action is available when the type of object is a dynamic object.
Save Static Object As Dynamic	Opens the Save As Dynamic Object dialog that enables you to save the following static objects as dynamic objects: Static SmartDataViewers (StaticSDV) Static SmartDataBrowsers (StaticSDB) Static SmartDataObjects (SDO) See Saving static objects as dynamic. Note: This menu action is available when the type of object is a static object.
Register in Repository	Opens the Register in Repository dialog that enables you to register an existing static object in the repository. See Registering objects in Repository. Note: This menu action is enabled when the type of object is a static (.w) object and is not already registered in the repository.

The Dynamics actions available from the OpenEdge > Tools menu are:

Dynamics action	Description
Dynamics Administration	Opens the Progress Dynamics Administration dialog that provides access to site management and application development tools. This dialog includes the following elements: Menu - provides access to menus for administration commands. Toolbar - provides access to commonly used administration commands and tools. Status Area - displays session status information such as the user currently logged in, company, and current date.
Dynamics Development	Opens the Progress Dynamics Development dialog that enables you to create and edit Repository object definitions and perform related development tasks. This dialog includes the following elements: Menu - provides access to menus for development commands. Toolbar - provides access to commonly used development commands and tools. Status Area - displays session status information such as user currently logged in, company, and current date.
Dynamic Launcher	Opens the Dynamic Launcher dialog that lets you run a dynamic object (after you save it in the Object Repository).
Clear Repository Cache	Clears the client-side cache to run the latest version of an object.

The Dynamics actions available from the OpenEdge > Build menu are:

Dynamics action	Description
Object Generator	Opens the Object Generator dialog that enables you to generate various types of objects for one or more tables in a database. You can generate objects by selecting the following: dynamic SDOs, datalogic procedures, dynamic browsers, dynamic viewers, and data fields. You can also set some default characteristics for the objects.
Container Builder	Opens the Container Builder dialog that enables you to build dynamic container objects and maintain all of their pages, object instances, links, menu structures, and properties.
Toolbar and Menu Designer	Opens the Toolbar and Menu Designer dialog that enables you to build custom menus and toolbars for your application.
Class Maintenance	Opens the Class Maintenance dialog that enables you to maintain object classes, their relationship to other object classes, and their related data, including attributes, UI events, and supported links. Note: Appropriate use of this tool requires an advanced knowledge of classes and their maintenance and how changes affect the way objects function.
Repository Maintenance	Opens the Repository Maintenance dialog that enables you to maintain dynamic objects and their relationship to other objects directly in the Repository using a TreeView interface. Note: Appropriate use of this dialog requires an advanced knowledge of the Repository, its representation of dynamic objects, and changes to the data affect the way objects function.
SmartDataField Maintenance	Opens the SmartDataField Maintenance dialog that enables you to create and edit Dynamic Lookup and Dynamic Combo objects. You specify property values for Dynamic Lookup instances in the Dynamic Lookup tab, and for Dynamic Combo instances in the Dynamic Combo tab. Note: After you specify property values for the SmartDataField object, save the object to register its properties in the Repository.
Tree Node Control	Opens the Tree Node Control dialog that enables you to create and edit a node in the hierarchy of nodes for a Dynamic TreeView object.
Dynamic TreeView Builder	Opens the Dynamic TreeView Builder dialog that enables you to create and manage repository-object data for Dynamic TreeView containers. The TreeView Builder maintains the information required to build the objects in a Dynamic TreeView container.
Set Site Number	Opens the Set Site Number dialog that enables you to set a unique site identification number for a registered Progress Dynamics site in the Progress Dynamics Repository Database (icfdb.db). Note: A site identification number uniquely identifies a Progress Dynamics Repository. More importantly, it ensures the integrity of Repository data among Progress Dynamics sites and applications, worldwide, as well as between versions of Progress Dynamics.

For more information on Progress Dynamics, see Progress Dynamics manuals in the OpenEdge Product Documentation section of the Progress Communities web site.