Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Handbook

Introducing the OpenEdge AppBuilder

In the earlier chapters of this book, you learned how to use the Progress Procedure Editor to write your first Progress 4GL procedure. This chapter introduces you to the OpenEdge® AppBuilder, a tool for designing visual interfaces and for structuring more complex procedures and the code they contain.

As with the earlier chapters, this is a bit of a snowplow exercise. You’ll use the AppBuilder to generate the 4GL code to define a window and its contents, to give a graphical look to your sample procedure.

This chapter includes the following sections:

Starting the AppBuilder
Creating a new procedure and window
Using the Query Builder
Using the Section Editor
Adding buttons to your window