Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Administration

Predefined session types

Session types are defined in a hierarchy where basic session types are extended to create more complex session types. A session type that extends another session type inherits the properties of that other session type. You can then override existing properties with new values and add additional properties to create a different environment.

Several session types are predefined and shipped with the Progress Dynamics software to give you a place to start. These session types represent guidelines for creating your own session types. Figure 2–1 shows the inheritance between the standard session types.

Figure 2–1: Session type inheritance

Table 2–1 describes the session types that ship with Progress Dynamics.

Table 2–1: Predefined session types

Session type	Description
Basic	The starting point for all session types. It supplies common connection information for starting the framework.
DCU	The basic Progress Dynamics Configuration Utility (DCU) session type. The DCU runs in a specialized session that does not include all the managers of a Dynamics session. This session type supplies common information for all DCU sessions.
ProgressSetup	The standard DCU session type. You can extend this session type to create a session type for your custom DCU deployments.
Dynamics	The basic session type for session that use the full framework.
DynASClient	The basic session type for Progress Dynamics applications running across the AppServer.
ICFRuntime	The standard AppServer run-time client session type.
DynRTB	The basic session type for sessions that use Roundtable. You would extend this session type for each particular Roundtable environment.
DynDBBound	The basic session type for sessions that run with a direct connection to the Repository.
DynAppServer	The standard session type for database-bound sessions that run with the AppServer. This session is extended to create development and run-time session types.
DynCS	The standard session type for database-bound sessions that run client/server. This session is extended to create development and run-time (default) session types.
DynWeb	The standard session type for database-bound sessions that run over the Web. This session is extended to create the default Web session (ICFWS).