Message in a bottle
Posted inProgress OpenEdge

SAML in Progress OpenEdge

SAML is a standard that deals with authorization between identity providers (IdP) and service providers (SP). One of its primary uses is for single sign-on (SSO). OpenEdge has some SAML support built-in, but it doesn't seem to quite handle the scenario I need it to, so why not make our own SAML messages? How hard could it be?! Turns out…
August 28, 2020Posted inProgress OpenEdge
Mirror Cube
Posted inProgress OpenEdge

XML in Progres OpenEdge

I recently had the need to work with some XML in Progress OpenEdge and found it to be a bit tricky, so I've compiled some of my discoveries here. First off, what is XML anyway? It stands for Extensible Markup Language and it's purpose is for storing and transmitting structured information. It's used quite a lot including file formats and…
August 21, 2020Posted inProgress OpenEdge