The best way to open an existing program, with the Irie Pascal Integrated Development Environment (i.e. the IDE), depends on whether the IDE is in project mode or in file mode. NOTE: The Executable Preferences page of the User Preferences dialog box is used to switch between file and project modes, and to select executable options for file mode.
If the IDE is in project mode, you should open an existing program by opening the project with which it is associated. When you open an existing project the IDE will automatically open the program associated with the project (see opening existing projects for more information). Whenever you compile or run a project, the IDE will compile or run the program associated with the project.
If the IDE is in file mode, you open an existing program by simply opening the file containing the program (see the File menu for more information on opening files). In this mode the executable options on the Executable Preferences page will affect how the program is compiled and run.