You can create an OpenEdge ABL WebApp project and customize the options for ABL services development.

To create an OpenEdge project specialized for Data Object Service development:

  1. Select File > New > OpenEdge Project from the Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge main menu bar or the Project Explorer view context (right-click) menu. The New OpenEdge Project wizard opens and displays the Create an OpenEdge Project page.
  2. Type a name in the Project name field.
    The root folder for the new project is created in your current Developer Studio workspace, unless you specify a different location.
  3. To choose a different location for the project, click and clear the Use default check box. Then either browse to, or enter the path to the desired location.
  4. Select Server from the left section.
  5. Select REST as the transport to create an OpenEdge project with a REST (Mapped RPC) service that can be deployed to PAS for OpenEdge.
  6. Select the Create a Data Object Service check box.
  7. Click Next. The Provide ABL Web App deploy details page appears.
  8. Specify the Web Application deploy options and provide the Business Logic details (or leave the default settings). From the Supported servers list, select the servers that will be the destination for your published web objects. The primary function of these servers is to support publishing your code for running, testing, and deploying your REST service. For example, select oepas1 from the list to publish your REST service. Then click Next. The Create an ABL Service page appears.
  9. In the Service Type options, fill up the details (or leave with default settings). The default name of the REST service is the REST project name and Service appended to it. For example, <projectname>Service. You can specify a different name in the Service name field and a relative URI in the Service relative URI field. Filling up of Service description field is optional. Click Next. The Select AVM and layout options page appears.
  10. Specify the OpenEdge AVM options and the project layout options (or leave the default settings) and click Next. The Define PROPATH page appears.
  11. Leave the default settings or modify the PROPATH entries to be used by the project and click Next. The Select database connections page appears.
  12. Select the database connections to be used by the project and click Finish.
You will see your project and its resources in the Project Explorer view.