The progress.ini file specifies environment variable settings for the Windows environment. It contains sections and settings for the following types of options:

  • Options required by OpenEdge
  • Options required by OpenEdge tools (such as the Procedure Editor and the Report Builder)
  • User-defined options
  • Environment variables

The following shows excerpts from a sample progress.ini file.

Sample OpenEdge initialization file in Windows

[Startup]
V6Display=no
;ImmediateDisplay=yes
;MultitaskingInterval=100
DefaultFont=MS Sans Serif, size=8
DefaultFixedFont=Courier New, size=8
DLC=C:\Progress\OpenEdge
Use-3D-Size=Yes
PROPATH=.,C:\Progress\OpenEdge\C:\Progress\OpenEdge\bin
UseSourceEditor=yes
EditorConfigPath=C:\OpenEdge\WRK\proedit
...
[WinChar Startup]
DLC=C:\Progress\OpenEdge
PROCFG= C:\Progress\OpenEdge\PROGRESS.CFG
PROMSGS= C:\Progress\OpenEdge\PROLANG\PROMSGS.GER
PROPATH=., C:\Progress\OpenEdge
V6Keys=No
V6FKeys=No
...
When installed, the progress.ini file contains the following sections:
  • Startup
  • Colors
  • Default Window
  • Fonts
  • WinChar Startup
  • WinChar Colors
  • WinChar Default Window
  • WinChar Keys
The progress.ini file can also contain the following optional sections:
  • Debug-Init
  • Debug-Macros
  • Debug-Buttons
  • Keys
  • Keymap