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Lynne
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Posts: 122
10/6/2011 1:32 PM
Does everyone that customizes Lawson programs use the LID editor? I am wondering if there is a better editor out there. The little box that can't be maximized makes it very difficult. I am new to Lawson and have just begun customizing with LID. Thanks for any suggestions.
Sam Simpson
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Posts: 239
10/6/2011 1:41 PM
You can use any editors outside of LID. You can even use the simple NOTEPAD but the real problem is a lot of this editors have no syntax checking. I use the AS400 to create my cobol source because of it's syntax checking capabilities. I don't know if there are robust editors that you can download for free.
Karen Sheridan
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Posts: 141
10/6/2011 1:46 PM
Lynne,
Try changing the font size - that helps a lot.
Karen
Woozy
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Posts: 709
10/7/2011 3:27 PM
Welcome to the world of Lawson!
I use LID as little as I possibly can, and I never use it for editing code.
I typically use PSPad Freeware Editor (
http://www.pspad.com/en/)
which has COBOL syntax highlighting and other nice features.
We use WinSQL as our SFTP client, and it can be configured to edit documents with external editors. I set up my WinSQL so when I double-click to edit a file on the server, it opens in PSPad for editing and it saves back to the server location.
FYI - I use PuTTY for almost everything else at the command-line. Really anything except tasks that spawn a new window (like pgmdef, jobsched, etc).
Good luck in your Lawson adventures...
Kelly