Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Advanced Development

Using the Progress Dynamics Managers

The Progress Dynamics framework is more than just a way of defining a user interface and logic to support a specific application. There is also a set of service procedures that support a wide range of application needs. These are called the Progress Dynamics Managers. You can learn more about the Managers in OpenEdge Development: Progress Dynamics Administration , OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration , OpenEdge Development: Progress Dynamics Getting Started , and OpenEdge Development: Progress Dynamics Managers API Reference . This chapter begins with a brief overview of the managers and how they are constructed, and then provides some guidelines on how to use specific manager API calls in your applications.

Much of what the managers do is automatic and does not require any specific programming from you. Other parts of the managers are supported by specific administration tools, such as the Security Manager, where you interact only indirectly with the manager itself and its API.

This chapter focuses on the parts of each manager’s API that you can use explicitly in your application. It provides examples designed to give you a better understanding of how to use the managers to provide support for special needs that they do not take care of automatically, without attempting to provide a comprehensive description of each manager and all its procedures and functions.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Overview of the managers
Manager architecture
Using the Session Manager
Using the Configuration File Manager
Using the Connection Manager
Using the Profile Manager
Using the Localization Manager
Using the Security Manager
Using the General Manager