Opening, browsing, or viewing a file reference

In the JCL editor, you can open a selected file reference in your program in edit, browse, or view mode. The selected reference must be a valid reference to a structure.

Before you begin

Ensure that the data sets and members are allocated correctly so that data sets and members can be located.

Opening and browsing a file reference

Procedure

In the editor, highlight the reference to the file that you want to open and right-click.
Click Open file_reference. The file_reference displays the name of the file that is requested to be opened.
The file opens in the editor.

Viewing a file reference

About this task

The View file_reference action opens a file in edit mode. However, you cannot save the changes in the same file. You can save the file with a different name.

Procedure

Select the reference to the file that you want to open.
Right-click and select View file_reference from the menu.
The file opens in the editor.
If you modify the file, you are prompted to save the file with another name.

Note: The Save as feature cannot be used to create a member or sequential data set. The file is saved in your local workspace project.