Rational Developer for System z

Getting started with the PL/I Editor

To open a file using the PL/I Editor, select the file and click Open with > PL/I Editor.

You can set the PL/I Editor as the default editor for COBOL file types, click General > Editors > File Associations. This allows you to open a file with the associated file type by double clicking the file and it will open in the PL/I editor.

The file is open in read-only mode if one of the following conditions is true:
Note: Saving an MVS file when some of the line lengths exceed the record length limit opens a file truncation warning. Continuing with the save results in the lines being truncated.

Editor Presentation toolbar

You can control several aspects of the appearance of files in the editor by using the following Editor Presentation toolbar buttons:


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