Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge includes, on Windows only, an OpenEdge AppBuilder perspective, which allows you to run the AppBuilder embedded in an Eclipse view. When you do so, you have access to the AppBuilder design tools, but you use the ABL Editor (rather than the Section Editor) to edit the source code.

AppBuilder resources in Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge are:

When you create such resources, Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge automatically generates default AppBuilder markup. These resource types are supported on non-Windows platforms, even though the AppBuilder itself runs only on Windows.

You have access to the built-in AppBuilder online help while using the ADM tools in Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge.