You can use the PAS for OpenEdge Server Editor to view or modify PAS instance properties for an ABL Service or a Web UI project.
From the Servers view in the OpenEdge Server perspective, you can access the PAS for OpenEdge Server Editor in the following ways:
  • Double-click a PAS for OpenEdge instance
  • Select a PAS for OpenEdge instance, right-click, and then select Open
The PAS for OpenEdge Server Editor provides information in the following categories:
  • General Information — Provides the host name and other common settings
  • Connection — Specifies the information for connection to the OpenEdge Explorer
  • Publishing — Specifies the publish settings
  • Timeouts — Specifies the time limit to complete server operations (Start and Stop)

General Information

You can modify the following General Information properties in the PAS for OpenEdge Server Editor:

Option Description
Server name The name of the PAS for OpenEdge instance.
Host name The name of the host machine.
Runtime Environment The current runtime environment. You can click the drop-down list or the Runtime Environment link to change to a different OpenEdge AVM runtime or OpenEdge version.

Connection

You can modify the following OpenEdge Explorer properties in the PAS for OpenEdge Server Editor:

Option Description
OpenEdge Explorer connection The name of an existing OpenEdge Explorer connection. To add a connection, click Configure .
PAS for OpenEdge To choose from a list of available PAS servers, click the drop-down arrow. To refresh the list, click Refresh.
Note: Remember that you cannot create a new PAS for OpenEdge Server in Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge; to create a PAS for OpenEdge Server, use OpenEdge Management.
ABL Application The name of the ABL Application that is to be deployed to the selected PAS for OpenEdge instance.

Publish

You can modify the publishing settings to choose one of the following options:

  • Never publish automatically
  • Automatically publish when resources change
  • Automatically publish after a build event

You can also set the publishing interval in seconds.

Timeouts

You can specify the time limit (in seconds) for completing Start and Stop server operations.

Note: You can start and stop the PAS for OpenEdge Server from the Servers view using the Start and Stop options on the PAS for OpenEdge Server's context menu.

Publish source code

You can select this option to publish the source code from the folders that are in the project propath.

Publish r-code

You can select this option to publish the r-code of the source files from the folders that are in the ABL WebApp project propath.