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misi01

Here at work, we haven't got to the stage when anyone is "pretesting" RDZ (it's in the near future), so I can't experiment yet.

What I'm interested in is if anyone has written/customized existing z/OS edit scripts so they can be used in RDZ.

I've found examples online, but most of them seem to be along the lines of submitting some Rexx script in z/OS.

What I'm after (if it's doable) is some method of running a script that can do the equivalent of a normal edit script, for example, using LINE_BEFORE or similar to change the content of the current source code shown in an RDZ window.
For example, we have a script that inserts the name of all sections into a block of comment lines near the top of the code (deleting the existing block first)

From what I've read up on so far, it seems that existing scripts will have to be converted to Java which would be a real bummer.
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Michael

Terry_Heinze · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:25 am Post subject:

I'm looking for the same thing. I'd like to run an Edit Macro from within RDz, but haven't gotten an answer yet. Will let you know if/when I do.
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kolusu · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:18 pm Post subject:

misi01, Terry_Heinze,

Check this link which explains the ways to run the CLIST/REXX execs using the MENU MANAGER

RDz Workbench – z/OS Integration through Menu Manager

Kolusu

misi01 · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:36 am Post subject: Couple of comments

Reading the PDF, on page 18 it states

William Collins · Supermod Joined: 03 Jun 2012 Posts: 437 Topics: 0

If you dig a bit you may find that you can turn the question off, and allow it to automatically update the file if changed outside the editor (without you being "aware", except that you know you've just changed it and would rather like to have those changes in the editor).

I used to have the same thing with Eclipse, which I believe to be a close relation to the RDz software.

Can't tell you how I did it in Eclipse, I only discovered when I noticed it was no longer asking me this, and I did a search for why, and discovered there was an option. I probably accidentally clicked an icon in passing, but there are, well, several icons lying around, and not much to give a clue as to which it was Smile

misi01 · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:04 am Post subject: Thanks William

If that is the case, then I can just see the next problem being that you can read the source code using EXECIO, but you can't replace the code since RDZ is holding it.

(NB that I'm only guessing at this "problem". Sometimes the simplest, most obvious needs are the most difficult to implement)
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Michael

Terry_Heinze · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:41 am Post subject:

Thanks, kolusu.
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