Overview of Base Template Editor

The Base Template Editor offers various options for creating new templates and editing existing templates for use with the File Manager® editor. See the Base Template Editor section for more information.

Overview of IMS Template Editor

The IMS Template Editor offers various options for creating new templates/views and editing existing templates/views for use with the File Manager® IMS editor. See the IMS Template Editor section for more information.

Overview of DB2 Template Editor

The DB2 Template Editor offers various options for creating new templates and editing existing templates for use with the File Manager® DB2 editor. See the DB2 Template Editor section for more information.

Template Editor as a Dialog versus an Editor

When you invoke the Template Editor, the editor is presented as a dialog (see the image below). This makes the Template Editor more accessible throughout the product. For example, you can invoke the template editor while you are in the File Manager® Copy Utility function. This allows you to modify the contents of the selected template on the fly without quitting out of the currently executed action.

Template Editor as a Dialog in Eclipse
Template Editor as a Dialog image

The full functionality of the Template Editor is available while in dialog mode. You can choose to show the Template Editor as an editor by clicking on the Editor button. This puts the current template edit session in editor mode, which allows you to continue with other tasks without closing the current template edit session (you can only work with one instance of in dialog mode because it is modal, but you can open multiple editors at once in Eclipse). See the image below.

Template Editor as an editor in Eclipse
Template Editor as an editor image