Before you begin, you must complete Exercise 2.4: Opening a second source member.
The Outline view acts as an excellent resource when you want to edit RPG,
COBOL and DDS source in the Remote Systems LPEX editor. The Outline
view displays a structural outline of items defined in the file that you
currently have open in the Remote Systems LPEX editor window. With the
editor active, you can expand the file structure in the Outline view, and
click various elements in the view to jump to that location in the source
itself.
To see an Outline view of your COBOL source:
- Look at the Outline view to the right of the editor window.
- Note:
- If you have closed the Outline view, you can reset the perspective by
selecting Window > Reset perspective from the workbench menu or
Show view > Other then expand Basic and click Outline in the Show
view dialog.
The Outline view contains your source program in a tree view without the
lines containing logic.

Now you want to see more details of your source member.
- Expand ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
- Expand the CONFIGURATION SECTION.
- Expand DATA DIVISION.
- Expand FILE SECTION.
- Double-click on any of the entries in the Outline view.
This will position the source editor accordingly.

- Stay in the PAYROLLC tab to get the PAYROLLC Editor window in
focus for the next module.
Now you are ready to review your knowledge of this module by taking the
quiz. You can also apply what you have learned in this module by
completing the practice tasks detailed in More practice.
Quiz
- When you first open Remote System Explorer, you are not connected to any
system except your local workstation. To connect to a remote iSeries
system, you need to:
- Start Remote System Explorer communication server
- Start a 5250 session
- Define a connection. Specify the name or IP address of a remote
system.
- Define a profile
- Subsystems include:
- iSeries Objects
- iSeries Jobs
- IFS Files
- iSeries Commands
- All of the above
- The subsystem iSeries objects includes:
- Work with libraries
- Work with objects
- Work with members
- Library list
- All of the above
- The iSeries Table view is used to:
- Display a list of items, for example, members or objects in a table format
similar to PDM
- Perform actions against a list of items, such as editing and compiling
- Both
- The lock icon controls the correlation between the Remote Systems view and
the iSeries Table view. (T, F)
- You can maximize the Editor window by double-clicking on its window
heading. You can get back to its original size, by double-clicking on
the heading again (T, F).
- The Outline view:
- Displays a structural outline of items defined in the file that you
currently have open in the editor
- Lists structural elements
- Shows editor specific contents and toolbar
- All of the above
More practice
Given that you have access to your own iSeries systems, configure a new
connection and connect to this iSeries system. Now rename the
connection, move the connection up or change the properties of the
connection. Then use the iSeries objects subsystem to list the
libraries in your library list. Use the iSeries Table View to see the
objects in your library. Subset objects in the iSeries Table
View. Open the Remote Systems LPEX Editor from the iSeries Table
view. Use the product online help to assist you in these tasks.
Module recap
You have completed Module 2. Configuring a connection to an iSeries system and connecting to an iSeries. You have learned how to:
- Create a connection to an iSeries system
- Connect to an iSeries system
- Add a library to your library list
- View libraries in your job's library list from the Remote Systems
view
- Find a source physical file in your library
- View members in a source physical file using the iSeries Table view
- Customize the columns in the iSeries Table view
- Open a member for edit from the iSeries Table view or the Remote Systems
view
- Maximize the editor window
- Open another member for edit
- Switch from one edit session to another edit session
- Display a structural outline of items defined in a source member
Now that you have a connection to an iSeries server and have opened a
source member for edit, you can learn more about the Remote Systems LPEX
Editor. Continue to the next module Module 3. Editing source .
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