OpenEdge-ZExt - Visual Studio Code extension for OpenEdge ABL

OpenEdge ABL Extension for Visual Studio Code

Features

• Auto-complete (tables, fields, methods)
• Source navigation
• Check syntax
• Compile
• Run
• Deploy
• Syntax highlighting
• Code snippets

What's new

0.5.3

• Fix: Status Bar Errors

0.5.2

• Fix: Command Palette Visibility
• Fix: Status Bar Visibility
• Fix: Read Dictionaty Structure

0.5.1

• Fix: Deployment for .CLS files
• Fix: Command Read Dictionary Struture activation
• Fix: Running programs outside workspace
• Fix: Buffer snippets adjustment
• Fix: Compilation status bar
• Fix: Source parser adjustments

0.5.0

• Snippet fields from database for temp-table "like" db table
• Mapping for "buffer" type
  • Autocomplete fields
  • Hover feature
  • Go to definition

0.4.0

• New Symbol provider for breadcrumbs
• Improved definition and hover providers

0.3.4

• Adjustment in "Read dictionary structure" for multi-database

0.3.0

• Shortcut do method start line (Ctrl+Up)
• Grammar file adjustment for class type method parameters
• Source navigation to temp-table definition when received as method parameter

See CHANGELOG for more information.

Requirements

• OpenEdge Progress 11

Usage

• Extension is activated for extensions: .i .p .w .cls

Starting

• Create a configuration file (see Extension Settings below)
• Execute command "ABL: Read Dictionary Structure" for auto-complete feature
• Enjoy...

Commands

ABL: Read Dictionary Structure

Create a database auto-complete file

ABL: Check Syntax (Shift+F2)

Check syntax for current file and highlights errors

ABL: Compile & Deploy (Alt+F1)

Compile the current file and deploy the RCode when configured

ABL: Deploy Source (Alt+F2)

Deploy the current file when configured (without compile)

ABL: Compile with Options (Alt+F3)

Compile the current file with additional options (Preprocess, X-Ref, etc)

Other features

Format source code

• Trim: remove whitespaces from the end of the lines

Extension Settings

Create a file named ".openedge-zext.json" in root path of the workspace.

Download base configuration file here.

{
    "workingDirectory": "${workspaceFolder}\\Temp",
    "proPath": [
        "c:\\src",
        "${workspaceFolder}"
    ],
    "proPathMode": "overwrite", // append, prepend
    "dlcPath": "c:\\dlc116",
    "parameterFiles": [
        "default.pf"
    ],
    "dbDictionary": [
        "myDatabaseForAutoComplete"
    ],
    "deployment": [
        {
            "taskType": "current.r-code", // current.source
            "path": "c:\\out",
            "postAction": [
                {
                    "actionType": "URL",
                    "command": "http://localhost:8080/postAction"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "format": {
        "trim": "right" // none
    }
}

• dlcPath is optional, and overwrite DLC enviorenment variable
• dbDictionary are the logical names of database files for the auto-complete option (command: ABL Read Dictionary Structure)
• deployment are actions from compile/deploy commands (Alt+F1, Alt+F2 and Alt+F3)
• format are formatter options
• Default values:
  • proPath: workspaceRoot
  • workingDirectory: folder of active source file

Known Issues & Enhancements

Visit Issues page on GitHub to report any problem or submit an enhancement.

Greetings

Inspired by ZaphyrVonGenevese (https://github.com/ZaphyrVonGenevese/vscode-abl) and ChrisCamicas (https://github.com/chriscamicas/vscode-abl) work.

License

Licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.

Grammar file based on Christophe Camicas' (https://github.com/chriscamicas/abl-tmlanguage.git)