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OpenEdge® GUI for .NET™
Modernize your user interface with ABL
Shelley Chase
OpenEdge Architect
Progress Software Corporation
Session 113
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OpenEdge GUI For .NET
Microsoft .NET Windows Forms GUI Technology• De-facto standard for state-of-the-art desktop
applications
• Purposed for line of business applications- Data-centric UI controls- ADO.NET maps well to a ProDataSet™
• Wealth of .NET controls available- OpenEdge Ultra Controls for .NET (Infragistics™ NetAdvantage)
o Sold as a separate product
- Microsoft® controls
- Third party controlso Component One, DevExpress, Telerik, …
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Build .NET UI in ABL
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Order Entry Application• MDI• Office 2007 look and feel• Ultra Controls
- In the box
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How Does This Compare with Other OpenEdge UI Technologies?
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OpenEdge GUIfor .NET
.NET™ WinForms desktop apps in ABL
OpenEdge Architect 10.2A or above
UI Technology Primary Use
OpenEdge GUI
WebClient™
OpenClient
WebSpeed®
Character
Windows 95 look and feel with ActiveX support
Desktop client with thin client deployment
Alternate desktop UIs (.NET & Java™) to OpenEdge Apps
Web-browser based apps with zero client footprint
Traditional green-screen user interfaces
Progress Dynamics®
OpenEdge StudioOpenEdge Architect
OpenEdge StudioOpenEdge Architect
OpenClient Toolkit
WebSpeed Workshop
OpenEdge Architect OpenEdge Studio4GL Dev System
Dev Environment
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GUI for .NET Components
Visual Designer - WYSIWYG• Define Form, Dialog, Control• Add .NET controls• Setting properties for customization• Define data binding objects• Event subscriptions
ABL• Event handlers• UI logic• WAIT-FOR
Class Browser• Information on ABL and .NET classes
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Everything in one comprehensive environment
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“Five minute” form• Create form• Add controls• Event handling• Data binding
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What You Saw…
Modern, competitive, comprehensive application can be built within OpenEdge• WYSIWYG Visual designer• .NET controls
- Full featured, robust controls- Code generated automatically for you
• Ability to migrate over time• Databinding using ProBindingSource• ABL event logic
Use existing business logic
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Getting Started with OpenEdge GUI for .NET
OpenEdge GUI for .NET in Release 10.2A Release 10.2B
• 10.2B Beta is available- Generics support- Improved data binding at design- Runtime license support- Architect Improvements
Related Sessions• Niels Bredegaard: 109 - A Tale From the Trenches • Matt Baker / Kristen Howell: 108 - Getting Started
with OE Architect• Peter Judge: 135 - Where OO Meets GUI for .NET
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OpenEdge® GUI for .NET™
Modernize your user interface with ABL
Shelley Chase
OpenEdge Architect
Progress Software Corporation
Session 113