You can browse or edit various z/OS® resources using the File Manager® Base editor. The editor is invoked from the Systems View, which is provided by the File Manager® plug-in. You can invoke the editor against a selected z/OS® resource through one of the following methods:
File Manager® Base editor's options dialog |
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When the editor is invoked using one of the methods above, the editor's option dialog is displayed. In this dialog, you can specify various options which control how the editor is invoked. The main options are described below (refer to File Manager® for z/OS® Base manual for full explanation of available options).
Based on the options specified in the dialog, the File Manager® editor will be invoked against the selected resource. The initial mode of the File Manager® editor depends on whether a copybook or template was specified. If a copybook or template was specified, then the editor is invoked in Formatted Mode; otherwise, the editor is invoked in Character Mode.
When the user clicks the New Dynamic Template icon from the Base Editor, the New Dynamic Template dialog will open. It asks user to enter the New Dynamic Template name and submit the dialog allows user to open the Dynamic template editor dialog.
Note: The Dynamic Template is not saved until the user clicks the save option in the template editor dialog.
In this case, the user has to make changes in the new Dynamic Template editor to enable the Apply button.
After the user clicks the Apply button from the Dynamic Template editor dialog, the Editor Options dialog will show with the new dynamic template name.
The user can click either the Edit or View button in the Editor Options dialog and the formatted editor session will open with the applied temporary Dynamic template changes.
During the Formatted editor session, the user can view/update the dynamic template from the navigation bar at the bottom. The template editor will open with unsaved changes, and the Apply button will be enabled for the entire Formatted edit session until the user discards the changes. The template editor will open with unsaved changes. A warning will occur if the user tries to exit the template before saving it.
When the user tries to close the Formatted editor session without saving the Dynamic template, a warning pop-up will be shown to save temporary dynamic template changes.
If the user clicks the OK button, the template editor dialog will open and allow the user to save the temporary changes. Clicking cancel will discard the changes.