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The Tools Guide

This guide describes the following tools that you can use to assist in your development:

  • ChangeMan Edit

  • ChangeMan Diff.

These tools use the Template Manager to control how your code is displayed.

ChangeMan Edit

ChangeMan Edit is a context sensitive editor that supports several programming languages and file types.

ChangeMan Edit lets you edit any text-based file on your local computer, and it lets you edit Mainframe data that you access through ChangeMan ZDD such as:

  • Sequential data sets

  • Partitioned data set members

  • ChangeMan components (text-based)

  • JES spool data sets

  • z/OS Unix files

ChangeMan Diff

ChangeMan Diff compares and merges the following files:

  • Files on your local computer.

  • Files and ChangeMan ZMF components on your z/OS server.

You can initiate the Compare and Merge functions in the following ways:

  • Select files/components in the Explorer window, right-click, and choose ZDD Network → Compare Files or ZDD Network → Merge Files from the popup menu. See the ChangeMan ZDD User Guide for more information.

  • Select ChangeMan ZMF components from the Staging Versions dialog box and click the Compare or Merge buttons See the ChangeMan ZDD User Guide for more information.

Once you are within the ChangeMan Diff tool, you can alternate between comparing and merging files, and initiate new compares/merges.

Template Manager

The Template Manager allows you to choose the template that controls how your code is displayed. You can either choose from existing templates, or you can create your own.

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