Overview of File Manager® plug-in Preferences
General Options page
This page controls the general File Manager® plug-in related options.
- Report sever/client version incompatibility: When this option is selected (selected by default), the user is notified when the client version and the server version are not compatible. Disabling this may result in unexpected behaviour without warning.
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CCSID Mapping
You can specify a Coded Character Set Identifier (CCSID) per text field in File Manager® templates to specify how text data is represented in the field. This value is used when displaying the text data in the File Manager® editor. This preference page allows you to map from a CCSID to a corresponding Java encoding. The mapped Java encoding is used to display the text data while using the File Manager editor. If no CCSID is specified for a field, or no mapped Java encoding is found for the specified CCSID, then the editor uses the default encoding specified in the editor's options dialogue.
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Add new mapping: Add a new CCSID/Java Encoding mapping
Remove selected mapping: Permanently delete the selected mapping
Modify selected mapping: Change the CCSID, Java Encoding or Description for selected mapping
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System Options page

File Manager® system options can be specified per system. To specify system options, select the system from the System drop-list and use the buttons on the right to edit or delete the system options for that system.
Edit system options: Invokes the System Options dialog for the selected system.
Remove the local system option settings: Removes all system settings configured for the selected system.
For more information about system options, please refer to the File Manager® User Guide. For these options to take effect, you will need to disconnect all the active connections.
The options specified will be used to overwrite the default system options of the host product configurations. You can revert back to the default system options by choosing the system and clicking the Default button.
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Print Options page

File Manager® Print options can be specified per Print. To specify Print options, select the Print from the Print drop-list and use the buttons on the right to edit or delete the Print options for that Print.
Edit Print options: Invokes the Print Options dialog for the selected Print.
Remove the local Print option settings: Removes all Print settings configured for the selected Print.
For more information about Print options, please refer to the File Manager® User Guide. For these options to take effect, you will need to disconnect all the active connections.
The options specified will be used to overwrite the default Print options of the host product configurations. You can revert back to the default Print options by choosing the Print and clicking the Default button.
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Compiler Options page

File Manager® compiler options can be specified per system. To specify compiler options, select the system from the System drop-list and use the buttons on the right to edit or delete the compiler options for that system.
Edit compiler options: Invokes the Compiler Options dialog for the selected system.
Remove the local compiler option settings: Removes all compiler settings configured for the selected system.
For more information about compiler options, please refer to the File Manager® User Guide. For these options to take effect, you will need to disconnect all the active connections.
The options specified will be used to overwrite the default compiler options of the host product configurations. You can revert back to the default compiler options by choosing the system and clicking the Default button.
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Note: Please ensure that host version should be 15.1.5 or onwards else connection will fail with Comma as decimal Seperator option
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DB2 options page
File Manager® DB2 options are used when accessing DB2. These options are:
- DB2 Info Center URL: Determines which info center the DB2 SQL and Command Consoles use when looking up help for commands. The url you specify here should end in "index.jsp". This option is intended to allow a local DB2 info center to be used.
- Consider padded blanks in CREATOR: If this field is selected File Manager® DB2 will retain the blanks entered in the CREATOR when searching for DB2 objects. If not selected File Manager® DB2 will remove spaces in the entered CREATOR and search for DB2 objects beginning with the entered value.
- Do not show padded blanks in CREATOR: If selected, File Manager® DB2 when showing the Lookup dialog for DB2 table objects will not show padded blanks in the CREATOR. This field has no effect except in the case where you have two tables with the same table name but one has the same CREATOR with added spaces, then only the one without spaces will be displayed.
- Translate DB2 object names to UPPERCASE: When this option is selected, any DB2 object name entered on a function entry panel is translated to upper case, prior to being presented to DB2. The default is to translate the object name to uppercase. If you have lower case DB2 object names you may need to turn this option off. Be aware however that, with translation turned off, upper case DB2 object names must be entered in upper case to avoid 'DB2 object not found' messages.
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Formatted Editor options
Formatted Editor options affect the behaviour and presentation of data in the File Manager® editor.
- Group options: Controls the grouping of NOT SELECTED and SUPPRESSED records when the editor is opened
- Shadow options: Controls the display of EXCLUDED, NOT SELECTED and SUPPRESSED records when the editor is opened
- Color settings: Controls the color highlighting of various data in the editor
- Font settings: Controls the font settings of Formatted editor. These settings are local to the Formatted editor only and override the General preferences Text Font setting.
- Additional settings:
- Editor record cache size: Controls the number of records being downloaded (from the host) at a time. The default cache size is 100 and the maximum allowed is 500. The size of the cache affects the performance of the editor; that is, the larger the size of the record length of the data being downloaded from the host, the smaller the cache size should be.
- Hex mode on: Turns on the hex display when the editor starts
- Recognize and process ISPF packed data: Unpacks ISPF packed data when invoking the editor
- Show redefined fields on SNGL or TABL view: Displays redefined fields in Single and Formatted/Table mode
- Assume text-only in CHAR mode: This option is applicable only when using formatted editor without a template/copybook. When selected, it assumes the input text is text-only so it does not attempt to preserve the original value of binary data.
- Show Ruler: Turns on the column count ruler when the editor starts
- Maximum number of characters: Specifies the number of characters to display when in Character mode. The Left and Right buttons allow moving within the data. To allow editing of a resource, this value must be greater than the record length.
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