# Error starting edit server

WorkShop Visual could not start the edit server system; the error message returned by the system should give you more information on why this is so.

Common problems with the edit server system arise from not having the package installed; it should be supplied as part of the workshop system.

The edit server is a component of the Workshop system which allows other components to control a text editor. WorkShop Visual uses this system to let you edit your callback stubs and preludes in the generated code, without having to start up an editor, and without having to find them in the code.

See also:

- About WorkShop Visual
- The edit server system