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Introduction to the OpenEdge Visual Designer

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Table of Contents
  • Features of the Visual Designer
    • What is the OpenEdge Visual Designer?
    • Components of the Visual Designer
      • The Design Canvas
      • The Control Toolbox
      • The Properties view
    • Other Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge perspectives, editors, and views
      • The ABL Editor
      • The Class Browser
      • Debugger
      • DB Navigator
      • Meta Catalog
      • Tools for Business Logic
    • What you can create with the Visual Designer
      • The ABL Form
      • The ABL Dialog
      • The ABL MDI Form
      • The ABL User Control
      • The ABL Inherited Control
    • Getting help
      • Visual Designer online help
      • Help on .NET controls
      • OpenEdge .NET ABL documentation
  • Setting Up the Sample Application Project
    • Prerequisites
    • Introducing the sample application
    • Creating the project
    • Creating the database
    • Adding the database connection to the project
    • Setting up the SampleAppSolution project
  • Creating the Customer Window
    • Overview
      • Tasks in this chapter
      • Before you begin . . .
    • Adding customerForm.cls to the project
      • Changing the title bar of the form
    • Data binding
      • Adding the ProBindingSource control to a form
      • Defining the schema
      • Defining the recursive relationship
      • Attaching controls to a ProBindingSource
        • Positioning the UltraGrid control
      • Attaching the ProBindingSource control to a data source
        • Updating the existing constructor and destructor
    • Adding interface methods
    • Adding event handlers
    • Running customerForm.cls
  • Creating the Department Window
    • Overview
      • Tasks in this chapter
      • Before you begin . . .
    • Adding departmentForm.cls to the project
    • Adding a ProBindingSource control to the form
    • Adding an UltraTree control to the form
      • Using the ColumnSet Layout Designer
    • Adding the code that completes data binding
    • Running departmentForm.cls
  • Creating the Purchase Order Window
    • Overview
      • Tasks in this chapter
      • Before you begin . . .
    • Adding purchaseOrderForm.cls to the project
    • Adding a ProBindingSource control
    • Adding a group box control
    • Adding editors
    • Adding a panel and buttons
    • Adding event handlers
    • Adding the interface methods
    • Adding the data binding code
    • Running purchaseOrderForm.cls
  • Creating the Login Dialog
    • Overview
      • Tasks in this chapter
      • Before you begin . . .
    • Adding LeftBar.cls to the project
      • Adding an image list to LeftBar.cls
      • Adding an UltraExplorerBar to LeftBar.cls
      • Subscribing to events and adding handlers
      • Adding LeftBar.cls to the Toolbox
    • Adding LoginBlock.cls to the Toolbox
    • Adding HelpButton.cls to the Toolbox
      • Adding a HelpButton to the Toolbox
    • Adding LoginDlg.cls to the project
      • Adding interface and login methods to LoginDlg.cls
    • Running LoginDlg.cls
    • Where to go from here
  • Creating the Sports Window
    • Overview
      • Tasks in this chapter
      • Before you begin . . .
    • Adding sportsForm.cls to the project
    • Adding an UltraExplorerBar to the form
    • Adding event handlers
    • Modifying the functionality of menu and toolbar items
      • Removing the New menu item
      • Modifying the Open menu item
    • Running sportsForm.cls
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  • Last Updated: February 11, 2026
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This section describes where to locate the various resources for help on the Visual Designer.

Contents
  • Visual Designer online help
  • Help on .NET controls
  • OpenEdge .NET ABL documentation
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