Decompiling a Progress OpenEdge .r file (r-code) to recover original ABL/4GL source code is not natively supported by Progress Software. Progress does not provide any official tools for reverse-engineering these files into human-readable source code like .p , .w , or .cls . Understanding Progress .r Files
ls() # See all objects: functions, data frames, lists, etc. decompile progress .r file
: For compiled R packages or if you're looking for more specific analysis, decompilation tools might be considered. However, decompilation of R code is not as commonly discussed or needed as in compiled languages. R's nature makes most "decompilation" efforts focus on understanding the code logic directly. Decompiling a Progress OpenEdge
Comments are lost forever (they aren't compiled into the .r file), and local variable names may sometimes be replaced with generic identifiers (like var001 ) if the debug information was stripped during compilation. 3. Hex Editors and Strings The catch: Comments are lost forever (they aren't