Rational Developer for System z

Bidirectional support for BMS visual editing

This topic contains additional information about bidirectional support for the BMS editor.

BMS files are stored in the host in visual format. The default bidirectional format for Rational® Developer for System z® is Smart Logical. You must associate the correct bidirectional conversion tables in the file system mapping for .bms files, because the default setting does not assume bidirectional conversion.

Visual editing of bidirectional data is enabled after Bidirectional options enabled is selected in Preference. To do this, select Window > Preferences > BMS Map Editor > Design Page > Bidirectional Settings.

Even after visual editing is enabled, bidirectional data is saved in .bms files in Smart Logical format. This format is very similar to standard Windows logical format, but is based on extensive use of bidirectional LRM markers. For additional information about Smart Logical support, see the information about the zIDE tool.

To edit bidirectional data in the Smart Logical format, use the System z LPEX editor. The LPEX editor provides a special visual line for this purpose. To access the visual line in LPEX, use the pop-up menu to select Source > Visual edit line, or use the Alt+= key combination. For more information about System z LPEX bidirectional support, see the LPEX documentation.

To edit bidirectional data in the BMS editor Source view, use the Ctrl+NumLock key combination on the selected line.


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