Browsing a file opens it in read-only mode in the System z® LPEX editor.
Before you begin
You must be connected to the system and have located the file
you want to browse.
Note: Opening large files (greater than 2500 kilobytes)
can cause out-of-memory errors and a forced shutdown of the workbench.
Use the
Show warning message on opening files setting
of the z/OS® Solutions preference
page to enable Rational® Developer
for System z to check the
size of any file being opened and display a warning if it is larger
than the specified threshold. See
z/OS Solutions preferences for more information
about this setting.
You can check the size of a file before opening
it by opening the Properties view. This view shows the file size for
remote resources in bytes (for resources that are less than 1000 bytes)
or in kilobytes (for resources that are greater than or equal to 1000
bytes).
Procedure
- Select the file in the Remote Systems view
or z/OS Projects or Enterprise
Projects view.
- From the pop-up menu, click Browse. The file is opened in read-only mode for you to view.
Note: If you browse a load module file, nondisplayable characters
that range from 0x00 to 0x3F and 0xFF are replaced with a dot (.).
CRLF characters are added to the file records. All editor browse functions
are available when browsing a load module file.