Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Installation and Configuration

Running OpenEdge applications

Before running OpenEdge applications, enter this command:

cd working-directory

Caution: Never run OpenEdge products from the directories in which you installed them. Doing so could result in changes to the software that affect its proper operation.

Start an OpenEdge session, and then connect to a database. Choose one of the following:

To connect to an OpenEdge database from an SQL client application, use SQL Explorer, the JDBC interface, or an application program with embedded SQL statements. SQL Explorer is a Java-based application that allows you to connect to an OpenEdge database through the JDBC interface.

For complete descriptions of the CONNECT, SET CONNECTION, and DISCONNECT SQL statements, see OpenEdge Data Management: SQL Development .

For information on how to use SQL connection management statements in a C Language application program, see OpenEdge Data Management: SQL Development .

To connect to a 4GL database, use the pro, bpro, or mbpro command; or use the CONNECT statement. If you are connecting from a Windows client, you can use the Client icon or the PROWIN32 executable. For more details about the commands or the CONNECT statement, see OpenEdge Development: Progress 4GL Reference or OpenEdge Development: Programming Interfaces .