Preface
Purpose
Audience
Organization
Using this manual
Typographical conventions
OpenEdge messages
Application Development Environment
Starting the ADE tools
Procedure Editor
Application Compiler
Accessing menus and menu options
Navigating in dialog boxes and windows
Using the Tools menu
Tools>Procedure Editor
Tools>Data Dictionary
Tools>OS Shell
Tools>Application Compiler
Using the Help menu
Help>Messages
Help>Recent Messages
Help>Keyboard
Help>About Tool
Procedure Editor Tasks
Starting the Procedure Editor
Using edit buffers
Listing open buffers
Switching buffers
Displaying buffer information
Working with procedures
Creating a new procedure
Opening a procedure
Saving a procedure
Saving a procedure to a new file
Saving a procedure to the current file
Printing a procedure
Closing a procedure
Editing text
Entering text
Entering special characters
Entering long text lines
Selecting text
Cutting, copying, and pasting text
Searching for text
Finding text
Finding the next or previous occurrence of text
Replacing text
Inserting a file into a procedure
Inserting a field name into a procedure
Compiling, running, and checking procedures
Checking a procedure’s syntax
Compiling and running a procedure
Debugging a procedure
Exiting the Procedure Editor
Procedure Editor Integration Hooks
ADE event (adecomm/_adeevnt.p)
Parameters
Input parameters
Output parameters
Events
File-specific events
STARTUP and SHUTDOWN events
Usage
Procedure Editor Reference
Procedure Editor menu bar
File menu
File>New
File>Open
File>Close
File>Save
File>Save As
File>Print
File>Exit
Edit menu
Edit>Cut
Edit>Copy
Edit>Paste
Edit>Insert File
Edit>Insert Fields
Search menu
Search>Find
Search>Find Next
Search>Find Previous
Search>Replace
Search>Goto Line
Buffer menu
Buffer>List
Buffer>Next Buffer
Buffer>Previous Buffer
Buffer>Information
Compile menu
Compile>Run
Compile>Check Syntax
Compile>Debug
Compile>Compiler Messages
Tools menu
Help menu
Application Compiler
Startup parameters for Compiler behavior
Compile Warning List (-cwl)
Keyword Forget List (-k)
Using the Application Compiler
Using the files/directories selection list
Using the toggle boxes
Using the action buttons
Using the menu bar
File menu
Compile menu
Tools menu
Options menu
Help menu
Compiling source files
OpenEdge Development:Basic Development Tools
Compiling source files