Edit menu

The Edit menu options allow you to manipulate and edit blocks of text. Table 10 describes the menu that appears when you choose this option.

Table 10: Edit menu
Menu option	Description
Cut	Removes selected text from the current buffer and stores it on the system clipboard
Copy	Copies selected text onto the system clipboard
Paste	Places clipboard contents in the current buffer at the insertion point
Insert File	Copies the contents of the selected file into the current buffer at the insertion point
Insert Fields	Inserts selected database field names into the current buffer at the insertion point

Choose this option to delete the selected text from the file in the current buffer and place it onto the system clipboard, erasing the previous clipboard contents.

Choose the Edit→ Paste option to retrieve the deleted text from the clipboard and insert it into the current buffer.

To select text, position the cursor where you want to begin selecting text and press CTRL+V to enter block selection mode. Then move the cursor to the end of the text you want to select. The text is not highlighted, but it is selected.

Choose this option to make a copy of the selected text from the file in the current buffer and place it onto the system clipboard, erasing the previous clipboard contents.

Choose the Edit→ Paste option to retrieve the copied text from the clipboard and insert it into the current buffer.

Choose this option to place the contents of the system clipboard at the insertion point in the file in the current buffer. If text is selected, the Paste option replaces it with the contents of the system clipboard.

Choose this option to read a copy of a file into the current buffer. When you choose this option, the Insert File dialog box shown in Figure 9 appears.

The Edit→ Insert File option works the same way as the File→ Open option, except that it pulls the file information into the current buffer instead of a new buffer.

Choose this option to insert a field name into the current buffer. When you choose this option, the Field Selector dialog box shown in Figure 10 appears.

If you are not already connected to a database, OpenEdge displays an alert box and lets you access the Database Connect dialog box.

Table 11: Field Selector dialog box elements
User‑interface element	Purpose
None	Indicates you do not want to include a prefix with the field name in your procedure
Table	Indicates you want to include the table name as well as the field name in your procedure
Database.Table	Indicates you want to include the database and table name with the field name in your procedure