The following tables list selected tasks that you might need to complete when working with OpenEdge Architect and where you can find more information about them. The listed information sources include targeted selections from: The Architect online help content documented in OpenEdge Architect Online Help The OpenEdge Product Tour Architect video tutorials available in the following collections: Getting Started Collection , Using Architect Collection , and Using Visual Designer and GUI for .NET in OpenEdge Architect Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect , with reference to the PDF document contained in the zip file, oea_materials.zip PSDN Webinar: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You , with reference to the labeled Webinar sections Developer's Corner Webinars Other selected product documentation, courses from the Progress eLearning Center, presentations, white papers, forum discussion topics, and task maps available on Progress Communities In addition to this task map, you might also want to see the OpenEdge GUI for .NET Task Map . Getting started: Building your first application in OpenEdge Architect Task Information Source Starting and getting started with OpenEdge Architect Online Help: OpenEdge Architect tools How to get started with OpenEdge Architect OpenEdge Product Tour: Introduction to OpenEdge Architect Architect Video Tutorials: Getting Started Collection Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See "Workshop Overview" on PDF page 3 See the "Starting Architect and creating your first Workspace" lab on PDF page 25 PSDN Webinar: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You: See tools overview at the beginning Presentations and Webinars: The OpenEdge Architect Experience Creating workspaces Online Help: Selecting a workspace Setting workspace preferences OpenEdge Product Tour: Workspaces, Projects, and Resources Architect Video Tutorials: Creating Your First Workspace and Project Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See "Workspaces and Projects" on PDF page 14 See the "Starting Architect and creating your first Workspace" lab on PDF page 25 PSDN Webinar: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You: See the topics on workspaces and "Setting up and sharing your workspace and projects" Creating projects Online Help: Introducing OpenEdge Projects Creating a new project OpenEdge Product Tour: Workspaces, Projects, and Resources Architect Video Tutorials: Creating Your First Workspace and Project Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See "Workspaces and Projects" on PDF page 14 See the "Creating and OpenEdge Project" lab on PDF page 37 PSDN Webinar: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You: See the topics on projects and "Setting up and sharing your workspace and projects" Setting and using perspectives and views Online Help: Working with OpenEdge perspectives OpenEdge perspectives and views OpenEdge Product Tour: Perspectives and Views Architect Video Tutorials: Using and Customizing Perspectives Using and Managing Views Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See "Views, Editors, and Perspectives" on PDF page 10 See "Lab 2 – Working with Perspectives" on PDF page 82 PSDN Webinar: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You: See "Trading Modal Tools for Modeless Perspectives" (after impromptu Q&A) Using and managing resources (Resources View) Online Help: OpenEdge views OpenEdge Product Tour: Workspaces, Projects, and Resources Architect Video Tutorials: Using and Managing Views Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See "Views, Editors, and Perspectives" on PDF page 10 See "Benefits of the OpenEdge Editor" on PDF pages 99-100 See "Preferences and Properties" on PDF page 17 See "Creating an OpenEdge Project" on PDF page 40 See "Importing the AutoEdge application" on PDF pages 41-48 Organizing projects and workspaces Online Help: Options for configuring the ABL Virtual Machine (AVM) for projects Architect Video Tutorials: Getting Started Collection Developer's Corner Webinars: Working with Workspaces and Projects Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See "Organizing Workspaces and Projects" on PDF page 220 PSDN Forum Discussion Topics: How to Organize Appllications, Workspace, and Projects in OE Architect PSDN Webinar: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You: See "Why Have Multiple Workspaces?" and "Why Have Multiple Projects in a Workspace?" Setting database connections Online Help: Database connection profiles Adding existing database connections to a project Adding a new database connection to a project Database Connections preference page OpenEdge database connection wizard Architect Video Tutorials: Defining Workspace Database Connections Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See the "Starting the Databases and setting up Database Connections" lab on PDF page 58 See the "Associating database connections with projects" lab on PDF page 67 PSDN Webinar: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You: See "Setting up and sharing your workspace and projects" and the third Demo Using the DB Navigator Online Help: Introducing Progress DB Navigator OpenEdge Product Tour: The DB Navigator Perspective Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See "Using the DB Navigator" on PDF page 97 See "Lab 3.1 – Using the DB Navigator" on PDF page 103 PSDN Webinar: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You: See "Working with Database Structure AND Data" Managing your database with the DB Navigator Online Help: Working with OpenEdge databases OpenEdge Product Tour: Exploring and modifying database schema Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See the "Exploring database schema using DB Navigator" lab on PDF page 108 See "Lab 3.3 – Modifying Schema using the DB Navigator" on PDF page 140 PSDN Webinar: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You: See "Working with Database Structure AND Data" Setting basic project properties Online Help: Preferences and properties Setting project properties OpenEdge project properties pages OpenEdge Product Tour: Workspaces, Projects, and Resources Architect Video Tutorials: Setting Project Properties Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See the "Setting Project properties" lab on PDF page 49 See the "Associating database connections with projects" lab on PDF page 67 PSDN Webinar: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You: See the topics on projects and "Setting up and sharing your workspace and projects" Using the Outline View Online Help: Eclipse terminology OpenEdge Editor perspective views Visual Designer components Using the Outline view Key ABL editor features Online Help: Introducing the ABL Editor OpenEdge Editor perspective views OpenEdge Product Tour: Architect’s ABL Editor, Part 1 Architect’s ABL Editor, Part 2 Architect Video Tutorials: Introduction to the ABL Editor Indentation and Tabular Formatting Using the QuickDiff Editing Feature Using the History View Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See "Lab 4 – Using the OpenEdge Editor" on PDF page 158 PSDN Webinar: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You: See "Getting More Details While Editing Your Business Logic" and the following Demos Launch configurations Online Help: Introducing launch configurations and the OpenEdge Architect Debugger Launch configurations for running and debugging programs Using launch configurations Launch configuration settings Architect Video Tutorials: Building and Running Your Project Basic build options Online Help: Build properties page Editor Build options Configuring r-code generation Architect Video Tutorials: Setting Project Properties Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See the "Compile and Run the Application" lab on PDF page 70 OpenEdge Architect for the AppBuilder user Task Information Source Introductory concepts Online Help: OpenEdge AppBuilder Starting AppBuilder Architect Video Tutorials: Using the AppBuilder in Architect - Part 1 Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See "AppBuilder Integration" on PDF page 253 PSDN Webinar: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You: See "Adding to the Tools You Already Know" Adding triggers and internal procedures to AppBuilder procedures Online Help: Working with .w files Architect Video Tutorials: Migrating Persistant Procedures from AppBuilder to Architect Using the AppBuilder in Architect - Part 2 Migrating editor macros Online Help: Introducing OpenEdge Architect customization Template customization Setting customization preferences Using the Customization Editor Customizing code templates Customization Editor (controls) Controls available for Templates Customization Preferences page Progress eLearning Community (PEC): Integrating and Extending Architect Architect for the Dynamics user Online Help: Starting AppBuilder with Dynamics enabled Moving your application from AppBuilder to OpenEdge Architect Task Information Source Importing files Online Help: Importing resources Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See the "Importing the AutoEdge application" lab on PDF page 41 Moving ProPath Online Help: PROPATH and Source properties page Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See the "Setting Project properties" lab on PDF page 54 Progress eLearning Community (PEC): Integrating and Extending Architect Moving database connections Online Help: Database connection profiles Adding existing database connections to a project Adding a new database connection to a project Database Connections preference page OpenEdge database connection wizard Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See the "Starting the Databases and setting up Database Connections" lab on PDF page 59 SCM and Team Development Task Information Source SCM for newbies -- getting started and default choices if you don't use SCM now Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See "Lab 7 – Using a Source Code Management Tool" on PDF page 230 Progress eLearning Community (PEC): Integrating and Extending Architect Using Roundtable in OpenEdge Architect for the AppBuilder Roundtable user Exchange presentations: Using the Roundtable Plug-in with OpenEdge Architect 10.1A Using the Roundtable TSMS 10.1B Plug-in with OpenEdge Architect 10.1B Using the Roundtable TSMS 10.1C Plug-in with OpenEdge Architect 10.1C Hooking up your SCM tool in Architect Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See "Lab 7 – Using a Source Code Management Tool" on PDF page 230 Progress eLearning Community (PEC): Integrating and Extending Architect Team development -- cloning environments to share settings Online Help: OpenEdge Architect project and resource data files Sharing project properties Importing resources Exporting and importing projects Exporting and importing database connections Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See "Team Development in Architect" on PDF page 221 PSDN Webinar: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You: See "Setting up and sharing your workspace and projects" Other major OpenEdge Architect tools Task Information Source Getting started with Visual Designer Task Maps: OpenEdge GUI for .NET Task Map Documentation: Introducing the OpenEdge Architect Visual Designer Online Help: Introducing the OpenEdge Architect Visual Designer OpenEdge Product Tour: Architect's Visual Designer & GUI for .NET, Part 1 Architect's Visual Designer & GUI for .NET, Part 2 Architect Video Tutorials: Using Visual Designer and GUI for .NET in OpenEdge Architect Using the Class Browser Online Help: Introducing the Class Browser Architect Video Tutorials: Navigating Classes in Architect: Using the Class Browser Navigating Classes in Architect: Using the ABL Editor Code generation support for ABL object-oriented extensions Online Help: Creating ABL source files Using structured error handling Code-generation wizards Architect Video Tutorials: Creating a Form and a ProBinding Source Adding a Microsoft Grid Control to a Form Creating a Databound TreeView as an Inherited Control, Part 1 Creating a Databound TreeView as an Inherited Control, Part 2 Adding Field-Level Controls to a Form Building a Navigation Panel as an ABL User Control Defining Event Subscriptions and Event Handlers, Part 1 Defining Event Subscriptions and Event Handlers, Part 2 Building a ProBindingSource from a ProDataSet Definition Using the new XML Editor Documentation: Progress XML Tools User Guide Using the Debugger Online Help: OpenEdge Architect Debugger Debugging operations Using the OpenEdge Architect Debugger Debugger dialogs Debugger views OpenEdge Product Tour: Architect´s OpenEdge Debugger Architect Video Tutorials: Introducing the Debugger Using the Variables View in the Debugger Using the Breakpoints View and the Expressions View in the Debugger Monitoring Dynamic Objects in the Debugger Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See "Lab 5 – Using the OpenEdge Debugger" on PDF page 199 Using the Meta Catalog Online Help: Meta Catalog OpenEdge Product Tour: What are Meta Catalogs Local and Master Meta Catalogs Using Tools for Business Logic Online Help: Tools for Business Logic OpenEdge Product Tour: Building Component Models Code Generation Features Exchange 2008 Workshop in a Box: Developing with OpenEdge Architect: See "Using the Tools for Business Logic" on PDF page 251 PSDN Webinar: Making OpenEdge Architect Work for You: See "How Will it Increase Your Productivity?" See "Modeling ProDataSets and Temp Tables" Advanced editing and build options Task Information Source Customizing OpenEdge Architect key bindings to work like the AppBbuilder or other familiar code editor Online Help: Hot keys Enabling AppBuilder shortcut keys Trading off performance and features Developer's Corner Webinars: OpenEdge Architect Preferences Extending the OpenEdge Architect environment Task Information Source Moving AppBuilder custom tools to Architect Adding new menu items Dealing with AppBuilder events Online Help: Introducing OpenEdge Architect customization Menu and toolbar customization Event subscription Subscribing to OpenEdge Architect events Customization plugin Using the Customization Editor Customization Editor (controls) Controls available for Menu/Toolbar Entries or Editor Context Menu Customization Preferences page Progress eLearning Community (PEC): Integrating and Extending Architect White Papers: Adding an ABL Utility to OpenEdge Architect Embedding ABL Windows Extending Architect with your own Eclipse plug-ins Progress eLearning Community (PEC): Integrating and Extending Architect Presentations and Webinars: OpenEdge Architect: Fully Loaded Extending Architect with ABL plug-ins integrated into the Architect menus Progress eLearning Community (PEC): Integrating and Extending Architect White Papers: Adding an ABL Utility to OpenEdge Architect Embedding ABL Windows Customizing Architect generated code from templates Online Help: Introducing OpenEdge Architect customization Template customization Setting customization preferences Using the Customization Editor Customizing code templates Customization Editor (controls) Controls available for Templates Customization Preferences page White Papers: OpenEdge Architect: Working with Custom Templates