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Using Edit Buffers

An edit buffer is a work area where you write and edit a Progress procedure. The Procedure Editor creates an edit buffer for each procedure you are working on, allowing you to open and edit multiple procedures in a single session. The number of buffers is limited by system memory.

NOTE: Although you can open multiple buffers in the Procedure Editor, you can open only one buffer for each operating system file.

The buffer displayed in the Procedure Editor’s procedure area is called the current buffer. When you enter text into the procedure area of the Procedure Editor, you enter it into the current buffer. When you start the Procedure Editor, the current buffer is empty and untitled unless you specify a procedure at the command line.

NOTE: The maximum buffer size you can open in the Procedure Editor is the lesser of the following:


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