To open an existing display file or printer file for editing, double-click it in the Remote Systems view or the i Project Navigator view. Alternately, for a display file you can right-click it and select , for a printer file select . This may be needed if the default editor associated with the .dspf or .prtf file extensions has been changed.
When Screen Designer or Report Designer open for a DDS display or printer file, the source is analyzed. This step has to finish before you can start editing. An indicator at the lower right of the workbench with the label Parsing DDS model displays while this is running. If you edited your display file with CODE Designer before, see Migrating from CODE Designer for additional considerations.