Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Progress OpenEdge Studio


Task list and short procedure

To reach this point, you need to know how to do the following tasks:

  1. Access the New dialog box.
  2. Access an object’s Property Sheet.
  3. Use your mouse to move and resize an object.
  4. Add an image to a frame.
  5. Create and resize a rectangle.
  6. Create text labels.
  7. Access the List Objects dialog box.
  8. Save your file.
  9. Note: During application assembly, the main window is sometimes referred to as the workspace or design window.

The following short procedure outlines how to complete these tasks.

To assemble the main window:

  1. Create a new SmartWindow.
  2. See the "Detailed main window procedure" section to review this procedure.

  3. Set it to be 147.00 units wide and 25.50 units high.
  4. See the Step 3 in the "Detailed main window procedure" section to review this procedure.

  5. Resize the default frame.
  6. See the Step 5 in the "Detailed main window procedure" section to review this procedure.

  7. Add the application banner.
  8. See the "Adding a banner image" section to review this procedure.

  9. Divide the window into three sections using rectangles with the following properties:
  10. Column
    Row
    Width
    Height
    1.00
    2.1
    147
    5.48
    1.00
    7.48
    147
    8.33
    1.00
    15.81
    147
    10.67

    See the "Outlining the Customer, Order, and Order Line sections" section to review this procedure.

  11. Add dark blue text labels naming the three sections: Customer, Order, Order Line.
  12. See the "Adding text labels to the sections" section to review this procedure.

  13. Set the title of your window to SportsPro Order Tracking System.
  14. See the "Naming and saving the new SmartWindow" section to review this procedure.

  15. Save your window in a file named wordtrk.w.
  16. See Step 5 in the "Naming and saving the new SmartWindow" section to review this procedure.


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