Improving PCT

Introduction

One of the best ways to improve PCT is to report bugs and missing features. Doing this is just a matter of minutes : drop me a mail with PCT in the title, describing your problem.

Want to do it yourself ?

Changing PCT's behavior isn't hard, as long as you know Progress and Java. I'm developing PCT using Eclipse, on both Windows and Linux platforms. The basic steps to develop with PCT are :

• Install the latest Eclipse environment
• Install Mercurial plugin (see here)
• With Eclipse launched, choose File → Import, then « Mercurial » section and « Clone repository using Mercurial »
  Use the values as in screenshot below, then click on Finish.
  
• You should have PCT displayed in package explorer view.
  
• Edit pct.build.properties according to your needs
  
• Compile PCT using External Tools menu
  
• Change classes and/or Progress procedures, then run JUnit tests to check your changes didn't break anything. Please note that a few tests could fail when using Progress 9.