Progress/400
Product Guide


Introduction

The Progress/400 product allows you to access information stored in DB2/400 database files by applications written in the Progress Fourth Generation Language (4GL). You can develop your applications within the Progress Application Development Environment (ADE). The ADE includes a set of graphical tools that helps you maintain databases and develop applications. In addition to providing you with the Progress Application Development Environment (ADE) tools, the product allows you to implement Progress database features and 4GL extensions in applications that run with the DB2/400 database. Some of these tools and features are:

This chapter presents an overview of the Progress/400 product. It describes how Progress applications and databases work together with the DB2/400 DBMS through the DataServer. Specifically, this chapter discusses product architecture and guidelines for using the product.


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