Kbase P23142: How to create an icon to automatically open a file for editing in the Progress Procedure Editor Tool
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
18/06/2009 |
|
Status: Verified
GOAL:
How to create an icon to automatically open a file for editing in the Progress Procedure Editor Tool?
GOAL:
How to open the Progress Procedure Editor
FACT(s) (Environment):
Windows
Progress 8.x
Progress 9.x
OpenEdge 10.x
FIX:
Follow these steps to create a Progress desktop shortcut to automatically open a file for editing in Procedure Editor:
1) Right click on the Windows desktop.
2) Select 'New' from the popup menu.
3) Select 'Shortcut' from the popup menu.
4) Select the browse button.
5) Locate the Progress executable in the $DLC\bin directory. With the GUI version of Progress, the executable name is either _prowin.exe or prowin32.exe. For TTY versions of Progress, the executable is _progres.exe.
6) Click the 'Next' button.
7) Type in a name for this shortcut.
8) Click the 'Finish' button.
9) Right click the newly created shortcut.
10) Select 'Properties' from the popup menu.
11) Select the 'Shortcut' tab.
12) In the 'Start in' field, enter the directory Progress is to use as the default working directory when application is started.
13) The path to the Progress executable shows in the "Target" fill-in box.
14) Add the -param startup parameter followed by the file name(s) that is
(are) to be opened for editing in Procedure Editor. The -param parameter
can be used to specify one or more files to load into Procedure Editor
buffers.
If an error that states that the target is not a valid target appears, use quotes around the fully qualified path to the executable. Windows automatically adds any necessary quote marks if the browse feature is used to find the executable.