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Jayesh Mistry

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Hi All,

We run an application written in Progress (v11 & 12) by a 3rd party - they simply give us rcode and we run it.

We have a small Progress Development Team, which writes and maintains custom code. We do this in AppBuilder. Everything has been great for the last 10 years or so. Therefore we have the .p code, and obviously we have license to compile.

The 3rd party wanted our Custom code, so that they could convert it according to their new web-based app. They have returned our structured procedures as un-structured. I have questioned them about this and their response is that we should be using OE Studio to develop now.

My question to you all is, is this something extra that we need to pay for - or is this part of the Progress Install. If so, how do I fire up OE Studio?

I have not seen any options for Studio - also, more importantly, does Studio convert Stuctured procedures back to un-structured?

Many Thanks
Jayesh
 
If you have the developer tools license you have access to both Appbuilder and PDSOE (Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge, fka OE Architect). I'd assume this is the "OE Studio" your partner is referring to. You should have access to it - it's been in the OE product for many releases/years now.

>I have not seen any options for Studio - also, more importantly, does Studio convert Stuctured procedures back to un-structured?

PDSOE can convert structured programs to unstructured, but it is a conscious action (ie not automatic).

I don't know of any tools to 're-structure' a .p. If you have a version of the program in source control that does have the structured "stuff" in it, you might be able to merge your partner's changes into it.
 
Thank you for claryfing that peterjudge.
I will ask the 3rd party why they have converted the procedures. I am aware that converting them back is quite painful - so will get them to start again from the original stuctured procedures and get them to make changes and send back.

Thanks for informing me that PDSOE is already there - I've just never noticed it - so will look tomorrow for this tomorrow.

Thanks also for the quick reply.
Jayesh.
 
When last I checked (admittedly several years ago) there were several different development product licenses. They have different costs and features. The list varies by OpenEdge release. E.g.:
  • 4GL Development System
    • Basic compiler license.
  • OpenEdge Studio
    • GUI Procedure Editor interface.
  • Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge
    • Eclipse-based
    • Formerly named OpenEdge Architect
    • 10.2A+
The product naming can be confusing, especially with two different products having "OpenEdge" and "Studio" in their names.

or is this part of the Progress Install
There is no such thing.

While there is a single OpenEdge installation package for a given platform and release, what gets installed depends entirely on the products you purchased and specified in the installer. Your OpenEdge license information provides the serial numbers and control codes of one or more OpenEdge products. Only the products for which you provided valid license information during the installation will be available to you.

You can view this information after the fact by running showcfg.exe (the "License Info" shortcut in the Windows Start menu) or at the command line, by running %DLC%\bin\showcfgd.exe in an elevated proenv command prompt.
 
Hi Rob,
Thanks for that. I will get in touch with the 3rd party in question - as it is them that we pay for the Progress license from. I will follow the instructions you gave to see what we currently have and if we need to pay extra then so be it.
Thanks again for your assistant.
Jayesh
 
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