[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Forum Post: RE: Distinct OpenEdge Developer Tools? (ISV vs Enterprise-Direct)

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Thanks for confirming that they are using the same developer tools. I have wondered in the past if different customers see a different set of OpenEdge ABL development tools. There are some conspicuously missing parts needed for compiling/packaging/deploying applications, and also for managing/refactoring the ABL code in a large and mature application (ie. there is no xref analysis, and there is minimal OO tooling in OpenEdge.) I've discovered that some of the conspicuously missing parts are available from third-parties, like riverside pct, roundtable, braveheart, and whitestar. I was hoping that Progress would eventually provide some of this stuff to their customers directly, but that is not happening. I suppose it is somewhat of a comfort to know that ISV's are face with the exact same limitations in the OE tool set.

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