You can use AppBuilder, running embedded in Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge, to develop Progress Dynamics applications. Progress Dynamics applications are built from objects that reside in the Progress Dynamics Repository. The Progress Dynamics Repository consists of an OpenEdge database named icfdb whose schema is defined to store information about OpenEdge applications.
The prerequisites for running AppBuilder as a Progress Dynamics application development tool embedded in Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge are:
- Select the Progress Dynamics option during installation of Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge - Progress Dynamics is an optional component.
- Configure Progress Dynamics - Usually you run the Dynamics Configuration Utility, which is offered as an option immediately after installation. For more information see the OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration manual. You can find OpenEdge manuals in the Product Documentation section of the Progress Software Developer's Network Web site.
- Start the Dynamics Repository - You can start the Repository from the Windows Start menu, typically: .
To run AppBuilder as a Progress Dynamics application development tool embedded in Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge:
- Select a project name in the Project Explorer view of Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge.
- Select Properties from the context menu.
- Select to display the Propath Properties page.
- If Standard OpenEdge Dynamics Paths is not listed in the tree view, add it by clicking Add Standard Paths.
- Select AppBuilder to display the AppBuilder properties page.
- Choose Enable Progress Dynamics.
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Enter the path to your icfconfig.xml file in the Configuration
File field.
Note: There is a default configuration file for GUI application development in OpenEdge-install-dir/gui/dynamics.
- Choose a development session type from the Session Type box.
- Click Apply and close the Properties page.
- Open the OpenEdge AppBuilder perspective: .
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Click the AppBuilder button
in the toolbar. An Application Login dialog appears.
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Enter a login name (the default is admin) and a password (left empty by
default).
AppBuilder opens in the AppBuilder Designer view. You can access the Progress Dynamics administration and development tools from the AppBuilder Tools menu. You can find OpenEdge manuals, presentations, and Web papers about Progress Dynamics in the Product Documentation section of the Progress Software Developer's Network Web site.