Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
New and Revised Features

OpenEdge Architect

OpenEdge® Architect is a new product in OpenEdge Release 10.1A. It is an integrated development environment that runs on the Eclipse platform.

The Eclipse platform is a framework for running a variety of software components including, but not limited to, development tools. Software components are created as plug-ins that can be easily added or deleted from the Eclipse platform. Eclipse is an open source software development project. Visit http://www.eclipse.org/ for more information.

When you license OpenEdge Architect, you get the Eclipse Version 3.1 platform along with a number of tools (implemented as Eclipse plug-ins) that are designed specifically for developing OpenEdge applications.

OpenEdge architect includes:

A project-based environment for organizing and managing files, for connecting to databases, and for quickly finding components.
A full-featured code editor designed for creating Progress 4GL code, and which enables drag and drop functionality from database schema to code.
An integrated debugger.
A cataloging tool for quickly finding code annotations, components, procedures, functions, attributes, methods, and code data elements.
A tool for building temp-tables and ProDataSets, and for creating classes.
A database tool for managing and modifying schema, and for automatically generating scripts.
A variety of views to display resources, data, error messages, and output from running code.
An integrated help system that includes context-sensitive help and code-assist help.