File Editor Extension for z/OS

File Editor Extension for z/OS. It's an extension for Visual Studio Code that provides full support to EBCDIC encoding.

Now supports KSDS VSAM! Check our github page for more details.

This extension has been designed to help developers manipulate z/OS environment files for those teams that have adopted the open source software for z/OS development and DevOps under IBM Z platform. The extension provides hexadecimal peek and EBCDIC text support. In addition, it allows loading Copybooks (Layouts) from local or MVS hosted files with the help of Zowe Explorer.

Sequential datasets are downloaded to the local file system if accessed through Zowe Explorer. These files can be synchronized manually.

VSAM files require installing NEORIS' VSAM API in your mainframe. This API allows a granullar and precise control with improved performance.

Features

• Read, Edit and Write EBCDIC (datasets) files
• Hexadecimal conversion
• Apply Layouts using Copybooks
  • Alpha-Numeric Supprot
  • Display Support
  • Binary Support
  • Comp-3 Support
• Zowe Explorer Compatibility

Requirements

• To use the z/OS connection capabilities, it is required to have configured a ZOWE profile. A ZOWE profile, in turn, requires the mainframe to have ZOSMF or RSEAPI.
• VSAM files requiere NEORIS's VSAM API to be installed in the mainframe to be opened as expected.

Known Issues

For a list of known issues and to raise your own, visit our github page.

How to use

Check the documentation in our github page