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BUILD DYNAMIC, BUSINESS PROCESS-CENTRIC 

APPLICATIONS FOR SECURE DEPLOYMENT ACROSS 

ANY PLATFORM, ANY MOBILE DEVICE, AND ANY CLOUD 

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Are your customers and end users demanding applications that can adapt 

to their changing needs, such as support for mobile devices, constantly evolving 

business processes, and deployment in the Cloud? At Progress Software, we have 

always prided ourselves in our ability to simplify the job of creating and operating 

the world’s best business applications. In order to survive and thrive in today’s world 

of quickly evolving markets and technologies, you must be able to respond quickly 

while coping with strict budgets and tight timeframes. If you can deliver rapidly 

customized applications with minimum disruption to business and IT systems, you 

will be successful. 

With OpenEdge 11, you can develop dynamic solutions that incorporate 

business process and integration capabilities securely across multiple platforms 

and devices. Whether you deploy on-premise, on a mobile device, or in the Cloud, 

OpenEdge 11 offers a single integrated development platform that is 40% more 

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS 

KEY FEATURES 

OpenEdge 11 enables our 

customers and partners to 

deliver Responsive Business 

Applications through new 

enhancements that offer: 

> Mobile Development & Deployment 

> Multi-Tenancy 

> Increased Productivity 

> Improved Operational Excellence 

> Enhanced Integration & Workflow 

> Increased Security & Compliance 

> Improved Personalization 

> Greater User Interface Flexibility

productive and provides a 30% cost savings versus the competition. With 

OpenEdge, we help you grow—faster! 


OpenEdge 11 delivers new enhancements and benefits for enabling 

our customers and partners to deliver Responsive Business Applications: 

> Mobile Development & Deployment 

> Multi-Tenancy 

> Productivity 

> Operational Excellence 

> Integration & Workflow 

> Security & Compliance 

> Personalization 

> User Interface Flexibility 

MOBILE DEVELOPMENT & DEPLOYMENT 

OpenEdge Mobile provides the ability to quickly and easily extend 

existing OpenEdge applications to support multiple mobile devices on various 

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platforms or to build new mobile apps for new business areas or new markets. 

Having an easy mobile app development environment tightly integrated with 

the familiar OpenEdge environment makes it quick and easy to develop and 

deploy mobile apps. Mobile apps have the power to make operations more 

efficient and businesses more competitive. 


With OpenEdge 11.2, application developers can take advantage of 

a new Mobile application builder and visual designer that enables Progress 

Developer Studio for OpenEdge to produce feature-rich Mobile applications 

for the iOS and Android platforms. With a “write once, deploy anywhere” 

approach, OpenEdge 11.2 removes the need to learn device-specific languages 

or development environments, while enabling the creation of full-featured 

applications that can access all of the most important device capabilities, 

such as the camera, GPS, and microphone. The REST adapter, also introduced 

in OpenEdge 11.2, provides the Mobile client’s access to the OpenEdge 

AppServer, while ProDataSet and Temp-table support are built in using JSDO 

data-binding and form-based Business Entity support. 

MULTI-TENANCY 

A multi-tenant database is one which provides database support 

to a number of separate and distinct groups of users, also referred to as 

tenants. Multi-tenant applications have taken an increasing foothold in the 

database marketplace, largely due to the emergence of SaaS as a deployment 

strategy. For the SaaS application provider, a multi-tenant deployment 

strategy provides many benefits, especially when a Shared Tenancy approach 

is used. Management of the deployment can take place either at the overall 

application or database level, or based on tenant and user. Operational 

complexity is greatly reduced due to the number of shared resources and 

because only one instance of the application and database is involved. 

With OpenEdge 11, developing and deploying multi-tenant applications is 

transformed by using an approach that is unique in the industry, reducing and 

even eliminating the challenges typically presented when implementing a 

Shared Tenancy application. This is due to two major factors: 

Tenant support is implemented in the database layer, and Database 

utilities and tools are also tenant-aware. 

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The significant advantage of the first point is that the application no 

longer has to manage tenancy—simplifying the code and making tenancy 

completely transparent. For the second point, the operational aspects of the 

database are also capable of acting in a mode that is either tenant-specific or 

database-specific. This streamlines key functions such as index maintenance, 

data dump and load, object moves, and other database functions. 

DATABASE MULTI-TENANCY 

1. Multi-tenant Database Tables 

A key addition to the OpenEdge database is built-in support for 

multiple tenants within a single database. Many database vendors are 

promoting multi-tenancy as a new capability for SaaS and Cloud. But with 

OpenEdge, the unique difference is that instead of the client managing access 

to tenant data, the database takes care of everything. This means that 

minimal changes are required for application code; in fact, tenants run the 

exact same r-code, and utilize the exact same schema definition, as users of a 

non-multi-tenant instance of the same application! Furthermore, each tenant’s 

data is stored in database partitions that are physically separate from those 

of other tenants, enhancing data access and making database maintenance 

easier and more efficient. 

2. Web-based Multi-tenant Tooling as an extension of OpenEdge 

Explorer and OpenEdge Management 

OpenEdge 11 includes the Web-based Database Administration 

Console as an extension of OpenEdge Explorer and OpenEdge Management. 

This new interface for managing tenants—including tenant users, tenant 

storage, and tenant security—features a brand new look and feel. A 

template-based approach provides for increased productivity, and the tool 

can also generate ABL code that developers can re-purpose in scripts or 

ABL applications. 

3. ABL APIs for multi-tenancy 

An extensive set of ABL APIs for multi-tenancy allows application 

developers to integrate tenant management into their own applications, for 

example to provide the capability for tenants to provision themselves, or 

to build multi-tenant management tools that are more customized to your 

development and deployment needs. 

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4. SQL DDL support for multi-tenancy 


SQL has been enhanced to multi-tenancy, allowing application 

tenants to enjoy equivalent functionality with both ABL and SQL. 

*New database multi-tenancy functionality for OpenEdge 

11.1 includes: 

5. Multi-tenant Governor for users per tenant 

With OpenEdge 11.1, it is possible to limit the number of users (-n) 

that an individual tenant is able to connect to a multi-tenant database. 

6. Multi-tenant Governor for record locks per tenant 

This governor, available starting in OpenEdge 11.1, limits the number 

of record locks (-L) available to a particular tenant at one time. 

7. Enhanced multi-tenant tooling in the OpenEdge Explorer Data 

Administration Console 

OpenEdge 11.1 introduces several new capabilities to OpenEdge 

Explorer’s Data Administration Console, making it easier to manage 

tenants. Included are the ability to rename tenants, tenant groups, and/or 

tenant domains; the ability to dump and load tenant data; and an improved 

user interface for filtering and batching large datasets. Tenant partition 

management is also made much easier with the addition of drag-and-drop 

support. In addition, OpenEdge Explorer includes the ability to manage the 

new multi-tenant governors. 

8. SQL support for Tenant Groups 

OpenEdge 11.1 includes functionality that enables SQL to work with 

tenant groups in terms of data definition, data management, and data access. 

9. Super-tenant SQL access to LOB data 

Starting with OpenEdge 11.1, the super-tenant is able to access 

tenant LOB data. 

PRODUCTIVITY 

OpenEdge 11 continues to focus on improving productivity so you 

can spend more time working in ways that will add value to your business. 

From Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge and ABL to the DataServers 

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and user interface, critical productivity enhancements have been made to 

help you keep up with rapidly changing customer and business demands. 

OpenEdge 11 is more flexible than ever, offering support for new platforms 

and programming models, and providing new development options. In direct 

response to customer requests, changes have been made to improve the 

usability of the system, the ability to troubleshoot, and the ability to manage 

and extend your .Net interface. And OpenEdge 11 provides even greater 

support for SaaS and Cloud application development with increased user 

interface flexibility that delivers a dynamic web experience that is rich, 

engaging, and interactive. 

PROGRESS DEVELOPER STUDIO FOR OPENEDGE (FORMERLY 

KNOWN AS OPENEDGE ARCHITECT) 

1. Usability enhancements 


OpenEdge 11 includes several usability enhancements to Developer 

Studio for OpenEdge based upon customer requests and research into 

customer issues. Included are improvements to the ProBindingSource 

designer, the handling of preprocessors, and the Build and Compile functions. 

2. Support for WebSpeed programming models 

The evolution of Developer Studio for OpenEdge as a comprehensive 

development environment for OpenEdge applications continues with the 

addition of support for WebSpeed programming models; included are CGI 

Wrappers and Embedded SpeedScript. 

3. Remote server development for AppServer and WebSpeed 

One of the hallmarks of the OpenEdge platform is how it facilitates 

multi-tiered application design and development. In OpenEdge 11, Developer 

Studio for OpenEdge adds support for building AppServer and WebSpeed 

application components. Debugger support for AppServer and WebSpeed 

is included. 

4. Remote Debugger and other Debugger enhancements 

OpenEdge 11 allows the Debugger to connect to an already-running 

AVM (local or remote) and debug the executable with full capabilities. In 

addition, the Debugger has been enhanced to support breakpoints in “include” 

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files, the ability to step into code on a remote AVM from a local debug 

session, and the ability to debug without the need for debug listing files. 

Security of a debug session over a remote connection has also improved. 

*New Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge functionality for 

OpenEdge 11.1 includes: 

5. Debug listing support 


Beginning in OpenEdge 11.1, while debugging an application it will be 

possible to go directly to the source code line number rather than the debug 

listing line number given by the Debugger. 

6. Ability to open files from the commend line or by double-clicking 

With OpenEdge 11.1 application developers can open a file within 

Progress Developer Studio from the command line or by double-clicking on the 

ABL file. 

7. Certification of Eclipse 3.7.1. 

8. Update DB Navigator’s JDBC drivers to Version 5.0 DataDirect 

JDBC drivers 

*New Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge functionality for 

OpenEdge 11.2 includes: 

9. ABL Scratch Editor. 

The new Scratch Editor in Progress Developer Studio provides 

the ability to write and execute ABL code without having to save it as a 

project. Features in the Scratch Editor include content assist, color-coding, 

and syntax-checking. 

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10. AppBuilder Integration. 


OpenEdge 11.2 provides improved integration of Progress Developr 

Studio and the AppBuilder by significantly improving usability and providing 

more screen real estate to ABL developers wanting to develop and maintain 

ABL-based applications. Included is integration of the AppBuilder design 

window and tools along with enhancements to Progress Developer Studio’s 

text editor which make it easier to work with AppBuilder-generated code. 

Now it’s easier than ever to build and maintain ABL-based applications in the 

Eclipse environment. 

ABL (ADVANCED BUSINESS LANGUAGE) 

1. Unified r-code for portability between 32-bit and 64-bit systems 

OpenEdge 11 features complete r-code compatibility between 32-bit 

and 64-bit platforms, providing for more efficient development 

and deployment. 

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2. Object-oriented language extensions (interface inheritance and 

dynamic properties) 


Interface Inheritance allows a developer to create class interfaces 

that inherit from existing interfaces. OpenEdge 11 also introduces the ability 

of OOABL interfaces to extend .NET interfaces. Dynamic Properties allow a 

developer to set and get an ABL class property dynamically. 

3. Improved ProDataSet to XML support 

With OpenEdge 11, additional XML documents that conform to the 

structure of a ProDataSet can be read into a ProDataSet. 

4. Logging of temp-table information 

The OpenEdge Logging Infrastructure has been enhanced so that 

application developers can trace the creation and deletion of temp-tables 

in their applications. This logging capability strengthens the ability to 

troubleshoot applications that utilize temp-tables and ProDataSets as their 

primary data structures. 

5. Virtual System Tables for temp-tables 

This ABL enhancement allows clients to gather information about the 

temp-tables used by the application via Virtual System Tables (VSTs). These 

tables give the application access to database activity and status information, 

enabling an application to understand, debug, and tune the use of temp-tables 

within their application at runtime. 

6. Improved support for large objects 

OpenEdge 11 removes several large-object restrictions that have 

existed in previous releases. The BUFFER object’s SAVE-ROW-CHANGES( ) 

and BUFFER-COMPARE( ) methods, and the BUFFER-COMPARE statement, 

now allow CLOB fields to be compared. Additionally, when used on records 

that contain LOB fields, the CURRENT-CHANGED( ) function now can detect 

when a LOB field has been altered. The ABL also supports the comparing of 

LOB fields. One benefit of this change is that programs using GUI for .NET may 

now include LOBs in updateable grids. 

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7. ProBindingSource improvements 


Prior to OpenEdge 11, for a grid control that supports a hierarchy of 

tables (thereby allowing you to bind to a ProDataSet), you had to rely upon 

the grid to do any sorting of the child tables. In OpenEdge 11 the application 

can now change the Data-Relation’s WHERE-STRING attribute if the 

corresponding ProDataSet is bound to a .NET BindingSource. 

8. Allow input- blocking statements anywhere 

OpenEdge 11 removes all restrictions on where an input-blocking 

statement can occur, providing more flexibility when using user-defined 

functions, OOABL non-void methods, and elsewhere. 

9. ABL performance enhancements 

Analyzing and improving the performance of ABL is an ongoing task 

for OpenEdge. In OpenEdge 11 some of the key performance benefits include 

faster deletion of tables in Type II storage, as well as others. For example, in 

OpenEdge 11, the AVM delays the instantiation of temp-tables, ProDataSets 

and their associated indexes until the object is used in the program. This 

change improves procedure-and class-instantiation performance. Additionally, 

ABL “FOR EACH” blocks include a new TABLE-SCAN option, which improves 

performance when a program is reading all of the records stored in a Type II 

storage area. 

*New ABL functionality for OpenEdge 11.1 includes: 

10. Encoded password support 

A frequent regulatory requirement, in OpenEdge 11.1 administrators 

are provided with a single means of creating, storing, and using encoded 

passwords in an OpenEdge application. 

11. LIKE phrase for method and function parameters 

Beginning with OpenEdge 11.1, the LIKE phrase is supported in 

Method and Function parameter syntax. 

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*New ABL functionality for OpenEdge 11.2 includes: 

12. Session-level support for Structured Error Handling. 


Prior to OpenEdge 11.2, Structured Error Handling worked only at the 

routine level (procedures, functions, methods, and “ON” triggers). OpenEdge 

11.2 introduces a new statement and new startup parameter that allow an 

ABL programmer to utilize the UNDO/THROW ERROR directive within all 

blocks in a source file. 

13. Sub-second capability for the PAUSE statement. 

Previously, the PAUSE statement had a minimum value of one 

second. In OpenEdge 11.2 the PAUSE statement can now be use with 

sub-second timing. 

14. “DefaultScrolling” startup option. 

A new -defaultscrolling startup option causes DEFINE QUERY 

statements to default to SCROLLING, guaranteeing the possibility of 

pre-fetching when resolving an ABL query over a network. 

15. Offset and fetch for SQL query result sets. 

When processing the result set from a SQL query, instead of having 

to load the entire result set to process it, OpenEdge 11.2 allows an application 

query to define an offset within the result set and fetch a limited number of 

rows at the offset. This direct access to only a piece of the result set can lead 

to faster query execution and may better suit the needs of applications where 

an entire result set is unnecessary. 

DATASERVER 

1. MS SQL Server DataServer CLOB support 

OpenEdge 11 adds support for the OpenEdge CLOB datatype to the 

DataServer for MS SQL Server, allowing a CLOB field in OpenEdge to be 

migrated and pulled against MS SQL Server. 

*New DataServer functionality for OpenEdge 11.1 includes: 

2. Update to Version 7.0 of Progress DataDirect Connect and 

Connect64 for ODBC drivers 

OpenEdge 11.1 embeds Progress DataDirect’s 32-bit and 64-bit 

Version 7.0 drivers for ODBC DataServers. 

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USER INTERFACE 

1. Improvements to ProBindingSource at design time and support for 

recursive relations 


Usability issues with ProBindingSource are addressed in OpenEdge 

11, including the removal of multiple modal dialogs for schema selection. 

ProBindingSource also can now define recursive relationships amongst tables, 

which was previously possible only by coding the ABL directly. 

2. JSON Parser 

OpenEdge 11 introduces a package of built-in ABL objects to 

represent JSON. These objects can be created by parsing JSON, and JSON 

can be created by serializing these objects. This will allow applications to 

work directly with JSON using ABL rather than having to parse the DOM 

structure themselves, a capability that particularly benefits programs that 

take advantage of AJAX and Web UI programming. 

3. .NET Open Client changes 

The .NET Open Client adds an additional way of supporting NULL 

data values by supporting nullable value types, which are essentially 

structures that can represent the normal range of values for its underlying 

type, plus an additional null value. 

DIAGNOSTICS 

*New Diagnistics functionality for OpenEdge 11.2 includes: 

1. PROVERSION enhancement. 

The PROVERSION statement can now report Service Pack, patch 

level, and build number information in addition to the main version of the 

installed product. 

2. ProInventory included with the OpenEdge product distribution. 

Beginning with OpenEdge 11.2, installations of OpenEdge will 

automatically include the ProInventory diagnostic utility. ProInventory is 

often used by Progress Customer Support to obtain comprehensive system 

information from customers. 

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PLATFORM SUPPORT 

64-bit SQL drivers for Linux 


Integrating 64-bit SQL drivers for 64-bit Linux platforms completes 

the work to provide 32-bit SQL drivers for 32-bit platforms and 64-bit SQL 

drivers for 64-bit platforms, across the board. 

*New Platform support for OpenEdge 11.2 includes: 

OpenEdge 11.2 introduces support for Eclipse 3.7. It is also certified 

for Microsoft Windows 8 and Microsoft Windows Server 2012. 

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE 

OpenEdge 11 continues to focus on supporting the development of 

high-performance and ultra-reliable applications to support the needs of 

24x7 business operations with ever-increasing numbers of users. Across the 

board—the AppServer, the database, the DataServers, and more—critical 

performance enhancements have been made to ensure that your application 

matches aggressive business demands. Diagnostic and monitoring tools have 

been improved and enhanced to provide a more proactive environment for 

troubleshooting issues. Additionally, special considerations have been made 

to facilitate deployments to the Cloud where performance and reliability 

are paramount. 

APPSERVER 

1. Improved AppServer error handling 

Improvements to AppServer error handling provide better information 

regarding the type of error that has resulted and where it has occurred. 

Included is better handling of the error condition when an AppServer 

connection has been refused as well as the error when there are no ports 

available to allocate to an agent. 

2. Diagnostics to determine which AppServer code is running 

Further improvements to AppServer diagnostics include the ability to 

determine which specific r-code is running, allowing verification of whether 

the agent is actually hung or is just running for a very long time. 

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3. Network compression for state-free AppServer mode, Java 

OpenClient, and .NET OpenClient 

Message compression improves application performance on a 

network. In OpenEdge 11, AppServer messages are compressed when 

operating in state-free mode and communicating with any client. This 

completes compression work for all modes of the AppServer. In addition, 

the Java and .NET OpenClient include compression as well. 

*New AppServer functionality for OpenEdge 11.1 includes: 

4. TCP Keepalive properties for the .NET OpenClient 

In OpenEdge 11.1 the .NET OpenClient supports runtime properties 

that allow direct control of the TCP socket’s Keepalive messages, allowing 

applications to adapt to the needs of the network that the application is 

operating within. 

*New AppServer functionality for OpenEdge 11.2 includes: 

5. REST Adapter 

The OpenEdge 11.2 REST Adapter leverages the power of XML to give 

your application the ability to integrate with any other application, written in 

any language and on any platform. This provides access to the AppServer by 

any client built outside of OpenEdge and opens up your application to a world 

of unlimited connectivity, to any app on any platform. 

6. Improved AppServer Performance 

OpenEdge 11.2 improves AppServer performance for single-run 

and singleton persistent procedures. Operations that previously required 

multiple round trips from the client to the AppServer are now accomplished 

with just one round trip.Single-run procedures apply to the frequent case 

where an application needs to run a persistent procedure just one time. The 

Single Run combines the three separate calls for Create, Run, and Delete 

of the procedure into a single call that executes them all together, resulting 

in just one round-trip where previously three were necessary. For Singleton 

procedures, the persistent procedure is instantiated only if it is not already 

running from a previous invocation, and remains instantiated after each run. 


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OPENEDGE MANAGEMENT 

Support for remote jobs 

Administrators can now use OpenEdge Management as a central 

console to manage jobs on remote systems in addition to the local system. 

The ability to manage scripts that reside on remote machines is also included. 

DATASERVER 

MS SQL Server DataServer dynamic query join optimization 

When using a large array of table join conditions with MS SQL Server 

DataServer, OpenEdge 11 shows performance improvements by reducing the 

number of round trips to the foreign database server and/or by pushing as 

much of the processing as possible to the MS SQL Server database. 

DATABASE 

*New Database functionality for OpenEdge 11.1 includes: 

1. Improved performance of Index Rebuild 

The performance of index rebuild operations is significantly enhanced 

in OpenEdge 11.1 with the addition of new parameters to use when starting 

an idxbuild. While the exact benefits will depend on the particular database 

and index configuration, DBAs can expect performance improvements of three 

times faster, or even more. 

2. New startup parameters to tune network performance 

In OpenEdge 11.1, five new startup parameters have been introduced 

that can be used to tune network performance when using prefetch queries. 

Especially beneficial to large databases, the new parameters affect when and 

how data is sent across the network when executing a prefetch query. 

3. New startup parameters to reduce contention when updating the 

LRU (least recently used) chain 

This enhancement to OpenEdge 11.1 provides a way to set a skip 

value that governs the number of times that a buffer will be accessed before 

it is moved to the end of the LRU chain. When this LRU skip value is set 

properly it reduces contention on the LRU latch, improving concurrency 

and performance. 


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*New Database functionality for OpenEdge 11.2 includes: 

4. Support for enabling JTA (Java Transaction API) along with 

OpenEdge Replication 

With OpenEdge 11.2 you are able to incorporate disaster recovery 

into your distributed transaction solution by running OpenEdge Replication and 

JTA at the same time on the same database. 

INTEGRATION AND WORKFLOW 

To remain competitive, it is vital companies have the agility to meet 

ever-changing customer and market demands. This level of agility requires 

flexible business applications—both in terms of process and integration. 

The days of making code changes every time a business process is defined 

or refined, or whenever a customer has unique requirements, are gone. 

Companies need the ability to support the fast pace of business by quickly 

and efficiently incorporating those new processes and capabilities into their 

new and existing applications. And those applications need to be adaptable 

enough to integrate easily with other applications—now and in the future. 

OpenEdge 11 delivers additional integration flexibility as well as 

Business Process Management (BPM)—a new feature set integrated into 

the OpenEdge development environment. Progress customers and partners 

now have a simple way to modernize existing applications with OpenEdge 

BPM in addition to building new and add-on business process applications. 

With BPM, OpenEdge developers can add process workflow into their 

OpenEdge applications in a natural and intuitive manner—while also reducing 

development costs and delivering greater business value to their customers. 

INTEGRATION 

Sonic 8.0 support for Sonic adapter 

from Sonic. 


The Sonic adapter for OpenEdge supports the Version 8.0 release 

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WORKFLOW 

OpenEdge BPM 

From the eclipse-based Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge 

development environment, developers can: 

> Define how process steps execute OpenEdge business logic via the 

OpenEdge Application Server through a purposed managed adapter, 

and an intuitive “drag and drop” of ABL procedure code onto the 

workflow design canvas 

> Pass native OpenEdge data types from process step to process step 

through an enhanced dataslot capability 

> Have access to a new set of process-related ABL APIs to carry 

out a variety of standard BPM functions, such as obtain the task 

information for a user to display in the application User Interface, 

inform the BPM processing engine that a process step is now 

completed, and so on 

> Simplify the use of existing WebSpeed Forms in business 

process flows 

*New OpenEdge BPM functionality for OpenEdge 11.1 includes: 

1. Character extent support in the ABL API 

In OpenEdge 11.1, it is possible to set and retrieve a List dataslot 

value using an ABL Progress.BPM.DataSlot or DataSlotTemplate. 

2. Get*Tasks method to support advanced filtering 

Beginning with OpenEdge 11.1, a new method is available in the 

UserSession object to support advanced filtering of the Task objects that 

are obtained. 

SECURITY & COMPLIANCE 

OpenEdge 11 reinforces our commitment to our customers’ needs 

for security, privacy and compliance. In this era of increased regulatory 

requirements, data must be secure and private in order to protect intellectual 

property, maximize business success, and prevent liability. The stakes are 

even higher in a SaaS or Cloud environment, where security and compliance 


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are vital for customer trust and market success. Customers adopting SaaS- 

and Cloud-based applications expect the same assurances of data security 

and compliance that they have long expected from applications that run 

on-premises in their own data centers. OpenEdge 11 includes enhancements 

that improve and simplify identity management. And essential updates and 

support for new encryption methods significantly improve performance and 

ensure you keep pace with current industry regulations. 

SECURITY 

1. Improved identity management 

management: 

OpenEdge 11 introduces the following improvements to identity 

> A simplified process for creating and using user credentials for both 

client-server and Application Server OpenEdge applications 

> A single programming model for configuring any combination of 

runtime security features at production time, requiring few, if any, 

changes to the application code 

> Support for multiple tenants with one or more domains per tenant. 

> Support for the configuration per-tenant of user authentication 

methods that meet the tenant’s specific security requirements 

> A simplified way for using SQL Server together with ABL in the 

same OpenEdge application without having to rely on the security 

standards of the _user table accounts 

2. RC4 for ENCRYPT( ) and DECRYPT( ) 

Supporting RC4 encryption for the ENCRYPT( ) and DECRYPT( ) 

functions significantly enhances the performance of these functions. 

3. SHA-256 and SHA-512 

An upgrade to SHA-256 and SHA-512 hashing algorithms is essential 

to keep current with recommendations by security organizations, standards 

councils, and government authorities. 


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4. More SSL certificate support 

Upgrading to version 5.1.0.1 allows OpenEdge to take advantage of 

AES data encryption ciphers and x509 version 3 extensions support available 

in the newer release. 

*New security functionality for OpenEdge 11.1 includes: 

5. ABL-based username/password authentication with 

Client-Principal 

This OpenEdge 11.1 feature aids user authentication by allowing 

application developers to use a single code path regardless of how and where 

the physical authentication actually takes place. OpenEdge Management 

support for this capability is also included. 

PERSONALIZATION 

Improved personalization options within OpenEdge 11 increase 

the productivity associated with installing, uninstalling and upgrading your 

OpenEdge application. Users can take advantage of new personalizatiion 

options for simplifying and accelerating the install process as well as 

automating the upgrade process. 

1. Install “Finish” button 

To streamline the installation process, a new option has been 

provided on each dialog that allows the user to finish the data collection 

phase of an installation. The user will still be able to navigate through each 

dialog if desired, but they will be brought directly to the summary screen 

when they choose to finish data collection. The summary screen will display 

all of the user’s selections and for all skipped dialogs the default values will 

be used. 

2. Option to uninstall WebClient 

When installing the WebClient, the install program now determines 

whether previous installations of WebClient already exist and provides a list 

to the user so that any or all may be uninstalled. The uninstall will complete 

prior to beginning the new install. 


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3. Option to suppress WebClient dialog-box when upgrading 

This feature provides an optional override of the dialog-box presented 

to the user by the WebClient when it detects that an application has changed 

and needs to be upgraded. User confirmation of the upgrade is bypassed and 

the upgrade begins automatically. 

USER INTERFACE FLEXIBILITY 

Today, the market demand is high for web applications that have 

many of the qualities and characteristics of desktop applications but are 

delivered over the web. OpenEdge 11 now offers greater user interface 

flexibility with support for Enhanced Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). 

RIAs combine the flexibility, responsiveness, and ease of use of desktop 

applications with the broad reach of the web. RIAs provide a dynamic web 

experience that is rich and engaging, as well as interactive. RIA technologies 

provide a variety of development, deployment, and runtime options for SaaS- 

based applications. Due to the flexibility of the platform, OpenEdge already 

supports many different RIA technologies. Since no RIA technology has taken 

the lead, OpenEdge 11 will provide support for many additional options, 

more specifically: JSON parser support in the ABL, updated Infragistics 

controls (GUI for .NET), and architect support for custom project types (Ajax/ 

WebSpeed). 

USER INTERFACE 

1. Updated Infragistics controls 

OpenEdge 11 includes an update to the current release of the 

Infragistics Net Advantage WinForm Controls, providing enhanced 

functionality as well as bug fixes. 

2. Allow the use of .NET objects for non-GUI 

In OpenEdge 11, .NET objects that are not related to UI can now be 

used. Also, ABL access to .NET objects is now allowed in non-user-interface 

executables. This means that AppServer agents, WebSpeed agents, batch 

jobs, and the character client can now work with .NET objects. 


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