Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Getting Started

Setting Up a Tutorial Environment

This chapter provides instructions for setting up a separate Progress Dynamics environment for the tutorial. Setting up a complete development environment includes creating databases, loading them with data, copying and modifying configuration files, and creating startup scripts and shortcuts. Working through this process helps you understand how the framework components fit together and might give you insights about setting up development environments for your own work.

Before you set up your tutorial development environment, you must install and configure the OpenEdge™ Studio, which includes Progress Dynamics. See OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration for complete instructions.

This chapter covers the following topics:

Creating tutorial working directories
Creating configuration files
Creating startup scripts and shortcuts
Creating a tutorial Repository
Creating the application database
Adding an entry to the Windows Services file
Setting your PROPATH