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The following example has been successfully tested using the following ISPF Edit Macro; the UNNUM was done for the program using the IDz Menu Manager Edit Macro action.
/* rexx */
"isredit macro"
"isredit unnumber"
"isredit end"
Using the instructions from the documentation https://developer.ibm.com/mainframe/2017/10/16/using-ispf-edit-macros-within-idz-v14-1/ , for setting up the Edit Macro, the customer can:
- create the dataset member that contains the above ISPF Edit Macro. Currently, the customer must avoid giving the Edit Macro dataset member the same name as an ISPF Command. IBM Developer for z team is investigating this restriction.
- create the IDz Menu Manager Edit Macro action. For example, the developer used this command for the IDz Menu Manager Edit Macro action
EDIT ! . ! + STATS ! FEL.SFELSAMP(FELEDTMC) ! EDIT.MACRO.REXX($input(Select ISPF Edit Macro to invoke,,$list{UNXNMBR,REXNUM,NUMON,NUMOFF})) ! +SYSNAME +FELDATE +FELTIME IDz
- invoke the IDz Menu Manager Edit Macro for the program that the customer/user wants to edit using LPEX. The user can invoke the edit macro from the RSE View or from the editor. When invoked from the RSE View, if the member was not already opened in the editor, the IDz Menu Manager Edit Macro action will open the member in the editor before invoking the Edit Macro. If the member is already opened, the Edit Macro will be invoked without trying to open the member.
In the tests the IBM developer performed, the REXNUM dataset member is an ISPF Edit Edit Macro for doing a RENUM, whose contents are:
/* rexx */
"ISREDIT MACRO"
"ISREDIT RENUM"
"ISREDIT END"
The customer can create other Edit Macros as needed.
If more information is needed, the customer may also find more information about ISPF Edit Macros in the ISPF Reference Summary, which can be downloaded from this IBM web site https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R3sc193624?OpenDocument .