Configuring Wazi Developer for VS Code

Mandatory configurations

Property groups are required to define how the COBOL, PL/I, and HLASM editors look for copybooks and include files when you edit a program. No defaults are configured but you can refer to the JSON snippet provided in Setting property groups as a starting point.

To run a user build, you must set up the user build first according to Setting up the user build.

To debug your applications, before you connect to a z/OS® machine and start debugging, set up the connection and preferences for IBM Z® Open Debug according to Setting up for IBM Z Open Debug.

Optional configurations

IBM Z Open Editor has default settings to identify the language of file opened in the editor, and you can further customize file associations according to Setting file associations.

You can also adjust the following configurations to control the characteristics of your environment according to your preference.