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Developer’s Guide


Compile Menu

The Compile menu allows you to invoke the Progress interpreter to inspect, test, and debug your work, as shown in Table 2–3.

Table 2–3: Compile Menu 
Compile

Run

Compiles and runs the current workspace.

Check Syntax

Compiles but does not run the current workspace.

Debug

Starts the debugger on the current workspace.

Code Preview

Opens a read-only window on the current source file.

Close Character Run Window

Closes the current character-mode window.

Compile Run

Shortcut: F2 — Compiles and runs the current workspace. While the workspace is running, no AppBuilder control is available other than the Stop button, which appears in place of the Run button in the toolbar.

Compile Check Syntax

Shortcut: SHIFT-F2 — Does a syntax check on the current workspace without running it.

Compile Debug

Shortcut: SHIFT-F4 — Compiles the current workspace and starts the Progress Debugger.

Compile Code Preview

Shortcut: F5 — Opens a source-code viewer on the currently selected SmartObject master. If the currently selected SmartObject is an instance rather than a master, the viewer window will instead display the source of the current container object (workspace).

Compile Close Character Run Window

Closes the currently open character-mode test window, if any.


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