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    Progress ABL to c# convert

    Thanks for your reply. I'm going to do some research because not sure 100% what you mean. I guess I'm wondering it's OK for there to be PPP (Progress Programmer's Pal) and such, but not much more. It is frustrating having to resort to message boxes when you want to step thru code.
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    Progress ABL to c# convert

    If you want it to look just like that, you would need to learn LINQ, which is very similar syntax to ABL. Or if you want to use the classic DAL (Data Access Layer) you would need to learn SQL to write your own queries. I really like the ABL syntax, and have a love/hate relationship with LINQ...
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    Progress ABL to c# convert

    You may be thinking of classic C++, but C# (.NET) has a syntax very similar to ABL. LINQ Example: BirthdaysToday = from student in studentList where Active=true and DateOfBirth=Today orderby LastName; I think the real core difficulty of converting ABL to C# is knowing exactly how the ABL...
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