Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Getting Started

Creating a tutorial Repository

Progress Dynamics recommends that you use a separate Repository to develop each of your applications. This practice makes it easier to manage the application’s components and reduces the application’s footprint. Progress Dynamics also recommends that each Repository have a unique site number. The site number relates objects to a certain Repository as part of a unique object identifier. The unique object identifier reduces conflicts when objects from multiple Repositories are combined.

Setting up a functional Repository requires that many steps be performed in the correct order. Because of this complexity, you should only create a Repository using the Progress Dynamics Configuration Utility (DCU).

To create a Repository to use with the tutorial:

Choose Start Programs OpenEdge Progress Dynamics Dynamics Configuration Utility to launch the DCU, as shown:



Choose Next. The Installation Paths page appears:



The DCU attempts to derive your Progress Dynamics installation path automatically. If it does not derive the correct path, you can use the Browse button to set the correct path.

Choose Next. The Working Paths page appears. The DCU attempts to derive the working paths automatically. If it does not derive the correct paths, you can use the Browse button to set the correct paths.
Set the Working Path field to <wrk>\Tutorial, where <wrk> is your Progress Dynamics working directory, using the Browse button, as shown:



Choose Next. The ICFDB Parameters page appears.
Set the ICFDB Path field to <wrk>\Tutorial\databases\icfdb\icfdb.db using the Browse button.
Set the Data path field to <install-dir>\src\dynamics\db\icf\dump, if necessary. This is the location of the files that contain the basic data that has to be loaded into each new Repository.
Select the Create new ICFDB Database toggle box, as shown:



Choose Next. The ICFDB Site Number page appears.

Every Progress Dynamics Repository database should have a unique site number assigned to it. The site number is combined with a database sequence value to form the key value for every record in the Repository database. The unique site number of each Repository database enables dynamic object definitions from several Repositories to be combined. The unique site numbers prevent conflicts in the key values that organize the records that make up the dynamic object definitions.

The site number 1040 has been reserved for OpenEdge Development: Progress Dynamics Getting Started tutorial users.

Type 1040 for the Site Number. You can accept the default values for the other fields, as shown:



Choose Next. The Processing Status page appears:



Choose Process to start the creation of the tutorial Repository. The following message appears when the process is complete:



Choose OK to clear the message dialog box.
Choose Finish on the Complete page to close the DCU, as shown:

Your tutorial Repository is now ready to use.