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The
View action opens a file in the System z® LPEX Editor, COBOL
Editor, or PL/I Editor, but does not lock the file. The
View opens
the file in the default editor for that file. If, for example, you
most recently opened the file in the System z LPEX Editor, then that is the editor
in which the
View action opens the file. You
can make changes to the file while viewing it, but to save your changes
you need to specify a new data set member name.
Note: To open the file
in read-only mode, you can use the Browse action.
To edit the file and obtain a lock on the file, you can use the Open or Open
With action.
You can see the lock status of a
remote file by looking in the Properties view
for the file. A locked file shows a user ID in the Lock
Owner row of the properties table. An unlocked file shows
no user ID in this row.