At 11:27 AM 05/29/2006, you wrote:
In a recent note, Dave Salt said:
> Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 14:52:35 +0000
>
> >From my perspective, it's nice to be able to select a mainframe
file from an
> ISPF session (e.g. select a member from a member list) and have it open on
> my PC using my favorite PC/workstation editor. From past experience I know
> that some workstation editors work very well with WSA, while others do not.
> Examples of those that work are NotePad, SPF/PC, and THE. Examples of those
> that don't (or didn't) work with WSA are XPAD, UltraEdit, and Synedit.
>
What makes an editor work or fail to work with WSA? My first suspect
would be synchronous vs. asynchronous operation. An editor operating
asynchronously launches the edit session in a new window, then returns
immediately to command line prompt. If WSA perceives this apparent
command termination as completion of the edit session and then restores
the file to a z/OS directory, undesirable results occur.
Editors operating in the command window rarely have this problem.
Editors with an asynchronous mode need to have a WAIT option.
-- gil
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Another very well rounded and powerful PC Editor and file display
utility is VEDIT. Check it out at http://www.vedit.com. For
everything that it can do, it is very reasonably priced. I don't
know if it works with WSA or not as I've not had the occasion to use
it in that manner.
Steve Wiegand
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