Starting the Procedure Editor

OpenEdge Development: Basic Development Tools

Procedure Editor Tasks : Starting the Procedure Editor

There are four ways to start the Procedure Editor:

From any of the other ADE tools, choose Tools→ Procedure Editor.

To start a multi‑user OpenEdge session with the Procedure Editor, enter the following command at the command line, where database refers to any database created with OpenEdge Release 10:


mpro [ database ]

To start a single‑user OpenEdge session with the Procedure Editor, enter the following command at the command line, where database refers to any database created with OpenEdge Release 10:


pro [ database ]

To start a single‑user OpenEdge session and load procedure files, enter the following command at the command line:


pro -param " procedure1.p , procedure2.p , procedure3.p , ... "

When you start the Procedure Editor, the window shown in Figure 1 appears.

Figure 1: Procedure Editor window

Table 3 describes the features of the Procedure Editor window.

Table 3: Procedure editor features
Feature	Purpose
Menu bar	Lets you access editor commands.
Insertion point	Marks where text appears when you start typing.
Procedure area	The visible part of the current buffer where you type and edit your ABL procedures.
Current buffer name	The name of the procedure file you are currently editing. If the buffer has no name assigned, it appears as “Untitled” and is followed by a number to make it unique.
Command keys	Allow you to perform basic tasks in the Procedure Editor. These keys let you run procedures and access menus and help. They also let you open files into buffers and save or close them.

Dialog boxes, windows, or frames might appear in front of the window for various reasons. For example, they can display alert boxes that enable you to enter search strings and filenames or verify actions.