Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Basic Development Tools

Usage

The following comments address Procedure Editor usage issues:

BEFORE-CLOSE and CLOSE — Technically, p_other should be unknown (?) after a file closes; however, this parameter still shows the last available file name for the procedure file. Unknown (?) appears only if there is no filename.
BEFORE-RUN, RUN, BEFORE-DEBUG, DEBUG, BEFORE-CHECK-SYNTAX, and CHECK-SYNTAX — These all use the last specified filename as p_other. The actual file being run or checked is a temporary file with a name like p01928384.ped. This name is not used.
If the user tries to close a buffer, then the Procedure Editor first prompts the user to save. The entire save operation events fire before the call to BEFORE-CLOSE.
NEW is called after a buffer is created. You see the buffer before the NEW event is called. All events are called after the event has finished.
When you control the handle for the Procedure Editor window, you can manipulate the display of the window. For example, you can add a menu option.

The scenario shown in Table 3–2 applies to the Procedure Editor.

Table 3–2: Usage scenario for the Procedure Editor 

Action	p_event	p_context	p_other	Comments
Creating, saving, and running the file
File New	NEW	56788	?	Filename unknown.
File Save	BEFORE-SAVE	56788	c:\9\window-1.w	–
	SAVE	56788	c:\9\window-1.w	–
Running the file	BEFORE-RUN	56788	c:\9\window-1.w	Run uses last filename.
	RUN	56788	c:\9\window-1.w	–
File Save As	BEFORE-SAVE	56788	c:\9\my-file.w	Same context, new name.
	SAVE	56788	c:\9\my-file.w	–
Closing the file with modifications
Procedure Editor prompts user to save changes	BEFORE-SAVE	56788	c:\9\my-file.w	Closing a file can cause the Procedure Editor to prompt the user to save a file.
	SAVE	56788	c:\9\my-file.w	–
Procedure Editor closes the file	BEFORE-CLOSE	56788	c:\9\my-file.w	–
	CLOSE	56788	c:\9\my-file.w	–
Opening the file
File Open	BEFORE-OPEN	?	c:\9\my-file.w	Occurs after the Open dialog box. Before-open can be cancelled.
	OPEN	46647	c:\9\my-file.w	Observe the new context number.
Closing the file without modifications
File Close	BEFORE-CLOSE	46647	c:\9\my-file.w	–
	CLOSE	–	–	–