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OpenEdge Architect

18.3.2010 Scandi PUG

Jarmo NieminenSenior Technical Account Manager

Nordicsjarmo.nieminen@progress.com

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What is OpenEdge Architect?

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Workspaces and Projects

Projects

Workspace

All objects are contained in a workspace Resources are accessible only in the context of a

project

Resources (Programs, Files, Documentation, …)

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Workspaces in OpenEdge Architect

What is a Workspace?

• A physical directory containing projects, folders, files and state data

• Multiple projects of different kind can co-exist in the same workspace e.g. OpenEdge, Web, Sonic etc…

Why have multiple

workspaces?

• Different applications• Different releases• Different environments:

development, testing, deployment

metadata

Workspace Root

Project

FolderFiles

Files

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Projects in OpenEdge Architect

What is a Project?

• collection of folders and files and some meta data

What is a Project Type?

• enables different functionalities i.e. OpenEdge, Sonic etc…

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Projects in OpenEdge Architect

Why use Projects?

• Modularity• builds, version management,

sharing

How to structure projects?

• By Application modules e.g. Order Entry

• By application layers e.g. server side, client side, shared code etc…

• By different client types e.g. Web, GUI

• By technology e.g. ABL, .NET

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Benefits of OpenEdge Architect ABL Editor

Code Navigation Support

Appearance and Organization of Code

Coding assistance in the Editor

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Navigation in ABL Editor

Resources View primary tool• Double click to open source files• Use Working sets to filter

Arrows to navigate to resources• Forward and Back buttons • Last edit location

Open Resource dialog (Ctrl+Shift+R)

Outline View• Provides overview of your code

- Includes, Variables, Widgets, Procedures, Functions, Triggers, Temp Tables, Buffers and ProDataSets

• Synchronized with Editor

Follow includes and Run statement

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AdditionsChangesDeletions

Task marker

Standard Colors and Fonts

ABL syntax coloring

Code Folding

Quick Diff

Tasks

Bookmarks

Local History

Bookmark

Appearance & Organization in ABL Editor

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Keyword Help

Select keyword and press Shft+F2

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OpenEdge Architect support for Eclipse versions

OpenEdge Architect Release

Shipped Eclipse version

Additional certified Eclipse version(s)

10.1A 3 N.A10.1B 3.2 N.A10.1C 3.2.2 N.A10.1C01 3.2.2 3.310.1C02+ 3.2.2 3.3, 3.410.2A 3.4 N.A10.2B 3.4.2 3.5

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How to improve the performance of your OpenEdge Architect 10.2A environment?

Preference: Refresh workspace automatically• Turn this off if the code

is stored on a network location

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Code Location

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How to improve the performance of your OpenEdge Architect 10.2A environment?

Close unused projects to conserve resources

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OpenEdge Projects

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How to improve the performance of your OpenEdge Architect 10.2A environment?

Tune Editor preferences:• Expand and case

keywords

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ABL Editor preferences

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How to improve productivity in OpenEdge Architect 10.2A environment?

ABL Code Navigation:

• Open Resource – CTRL+SHIFT+R• Quick Outline – CTRL+O• Quick Access – CTRL+3• Open Editor List – CTRL+E• Navigate quickly to IP’s or UDF’s in your code: CTRL+SHIFT+UP or CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN• List of shortcuts - CTRL+SHIFT+L

Use working sets

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Got different questions?

OpenEdge Architect forum on Progress Communities: http://communities.progress.com/pcom/community/psdn/openedge/architect

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Demo

Create new workspace and projects for OE Architect Import existing .p, .w, .i files for Architect Compile and run Setup database connection Use launch configurations Share projects between developers Version control / team developing with OpenEdge

Architect (subclipse) Sonic ESB - annotations

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How to create a new workspace from scratch?

Xcopy or better still, zip & unzip  Set up a single workspace exactly the way you want it

and then zip up the directory and extract it to another machine.  Note that this is only useful for initially creating a workspace!!

The same approach could be used for the pdt plugin stuff.  You can actually distribute the whole Eclipse directory, complete with extra plugins including: SubClipse, M2Eclipse, EdEmma, Mylyn, ...

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How to share project?

Export• Database connection(s): File->Export->OpenEdge->Database Connections• Configuration(s): File->Export->Run/Debug->Launch Configurations• Project folder: File->Export->General->File System• Project settings: Project->Properties->OpenEdge->Custom->Share Settings

 Import• Create a new Project for the workspace: File->Import->General->Existing Projects into Workspace (or SVN)• Database connection(s): File->Import->OpenEdge->Database Connections• Configuration(s): File->Import->Run/Debug->Launch Configurations• Project settings: Project->Properties->OpenEdge->Custom->Import Settings

 

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OpenEdge Architect and version 9….

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- Develop and Test with v10.2A.

- Compile and Test AGAIN with v9.1C

 - To have database information

in OEA(SQL view) you can use the JDBC-BRIDGE on top a Merant v3.6 ODBC System dsn Datasource.

- Instead of the normal jdbc driver if you have a version equal db.

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OpenEdge Architect and version 9….cont…

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- The check syntax goes through the 4GL Database Engine

- And you can connect via tcp to a major release down.

- You need the ODBC stuff only for the db-navigator and the db-outline views in OEA.

- You can compile with native 9.1C and use OEA for developing

- The fields aren’t shown in the database structure(no drag&drop) view but they are shown in the db details view(db navigator prerspective).

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Questions?

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Thank you for your time!

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