These are the available app settings that can be edited via the File/Settings menu.
File/Settings will launch the settings file using notepad.exe for editing.
Simply save the settings file and restart the app in order for new settings to take effect.
This is the application title. Default - Work with IBM i
This is the last used IBM i host name or ip address to connect to. (Automatically updated)
This is the last IBM i user name that was used to connect with. (Automatically updated)
This is the encrypted password for the last used that was connected with. (Not currently enabled)
This is the last SSH port connected to. Default-22 (Automatically updated)
This is the last source file that was listed. (Automatically updated)
This is the last source file library where the lastsource file is located. (Automatically updated)
This is the last IFS directory listed. (Not currently enabled)
This is the Windows editor app to use when editing source members. Default - notepad.exe
Any Windows editor that accepts a filename as a parameter can be used.
This is the commandline argument passed when the source editor is launched. Default - @@FILENAME to pass the selected local file name.
Use Windows ShellExecute to launch editor app. Default-True
This is the Windows viewer app to use when browsing remote source members. Default - notepad.exe
Any Windows editor that accepts a filename as a parameter can be used.
Sometimes you may want a different viewing to view source rather than edit it.
This is the commandline argument passed when the source editor is launched. Default - @@FILENAME to pass the selected local file name.
Use Windows ShellExecute to launch viewer app. Default-True
This is the log file to use for logging operations. Default-c:\tmp_workwithibmi\logfile.txt (Currently cannot change location)
Set the setting with comma delimited list of libraries if you only want to view a select list of libraries.
Ex: QTEMP,QGPL,MYLIB1
If you want to use this setting, set loadalllibrarylist setting to False
Load a list of all libraries. Default-True
Set to False if you want to use only a specific list of libraries.
If you want to pre-populate a list of IBM i systems to connect to, set this value in the format of: systemname:sshport,systemname:sshport
Ex: sys1:22,sys2:22
Otherwise you can type the desired system name and port it will get saved in the ibmihost and ibmiport settings.
This command drives the iForGit SRCTOGIT command defaults for committing source members from a source file to selected git repo.
Since the command is stored in XML format, & should be used to represent the ampersand character: &.
More info on iForGit to help IBM i developers eliminate Awkward Git Integration. http://www.iforgit.com
This command drives the iForGit SRCFRMGIT command defaults for pulling committed source members from selected git repo back to source file.
Since the command is stored in XML format, & should be used to represent the ampersand character: &.
More info on iForGit to help IBM i developers eliminate Awkward Git Integration. http://www.iforgit.com
This is the PDM options file to read for enabling PDM option handling. Default-QAUOOPT
This is the PDM options file library to read for enabling PDM option handling. ```Default-QGPL``
Command line to launch IBM Access Client Solutions. Default: C:\ibmaccess\Start_Programs\Windows_x86-64\acslaunch_win-64.exe
XMLSERVICE pase command line interface app. Default: /qopensys/pkgs/bin/xmlservicemb-cli
This is a custom version of the xmlservice-cli app. That enabled CDATA so SQL query results don't get mangled when they contain special characters.
The Work with IBM i app will upload the /QOpenSys/pkgs/bin/xmlservicemb-cli binary on first run and will display a message asking if it's OK to upload.
Determine if the app uses the xmlservice-cli app for SQL queries or db2util. Default-True
True-Use xmlservice-cli for queries, False-Use db2util for queries.
Note: The xmlservice-cli and db2util prerequisite apps must be installed via yum or ACS Open Source Package Management.
This is a a sample command line template for sourceeditorexe or sourceviewerexe to launch Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
vscode://file/@@FILENAME
This is a a sample command line template for sourceeditorexe or sourceviewerexe to launch Notepad++, one of the most widely used Windows text editors by developers. https://notepad-plus-plus.org
c:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
This setting allows you to switch between using CPYTOIMPF and CPYTOSTMF when downloading source members. Default-True to use CPYTOIMPF to export a source member to an IFS file.
DBFCCSID parameter value. Default-*FILE. Change to 37 or your local CCSID if you get errors downloading source members. This controls the DBFCCSID parameter on the CPYTOSTMF command. CPYTOSTMF is used for downloading source members if usecpytostmf setting=False.
FILECCSID parameter value. Default-*FILE. Change to 37 or your local CCSID if you get errors downloading source members. This controls the FILECCSID parameter on the CPYTOIMPF command. CPYTPIMPF is used for downloading source members if usecpytostmf setting=True.
DBFCCSID parameter value. Default-*FILE. Change to 37 or your local CCSID if you get errors uploading source members. This controls the DBFCCSID parameter on the CPYFRMSTMF command.