I went back to an older version of the OS (1.47) and can now go to the edit tab and OPEN the code without any problem so somewhere between 1.47 and the current version of OS there is a problem with the OPEN functionality.
I have several other versions of the OS so I will try and see where it started.
ver 1.60 seems to work properly
ver 1.68 seems to NOT work properly. It is hit/miss whether the OPEN button will successfully return the default code to the IDE window.
if I go back to ver 1.60 then the OPEN seems to work every time.
are others experiencing the same issues??
dwight