Customizing File Manager
- Preparing to customize File Manager
- Customizing the operating environment for File Manager
  - Enable/Register File Manager
  - Modifying the ISPF environment
    To make it easy to start File Manager under ISPF, configure your ISPF environment as described in the following sections.
  - Enabling File Manager to work with certain products
    - Enabling WebSphere® MQ support
      To access WebSphere® MQ queue managers and queue contents on the local z/OS® system where File Manager is running, the WebSphere MQ libraries must be made available to File Manager and users must be granted read and update access.
    - Customizing for processing COBOL copybooks
      To use the view, edit, copy, print, or data create functions with a COBOL copybook, you need to make a COBOL compiler available to File Manager.
    - Customizing for processing PL/I include books
    - Customizing for processing HLASM copybooks
    - Customizing to use DFSORT to improve File Manager performance
      File Manager can use DFSORT to improve the performance of the Data Set Copy and Data Set Print functions under ISPF and in batch.
    - Binding Db2® to use File Manager object access method (OAM) functions
  - Disabling Websphere MQ feature by system name
  - Running File Manager with APF-authorization
  - Language Environment® considerations
- Customizing File Manager
- Customizing the File Manager security environment
  File Manager provides security for system-oriented functions through RACF® (or an equivalent security product).
- Customizing File Manager to write audit records to SMF
- Customizing the File Manager audit facility for the File Manager Base component
- Customizing File Manager for national languages
  You can customize File Manager for national languages other than English.
- Customizing File Manager Service Provider for z/OS® Connect
  File Manager Service Provider for IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition enables client applications to access IBM Z data sources using z/OS Connect.
- Customizing File Manager to use library management system libraries
- Customizing File Manager to use the Optim™ Data Privacy Provider API
- Customizing File Manager to use an I/O exit
- Customizing File Manager to use a scrambling exit
- Verifying the customization of File Manager
  After you have completed the initial installation and customization of File Manager Base function, you can perform the following steps to verify your customization.

Customizing for processing PL/I include books

File Manager provides a choice of two internal PL/I compilers that will be used regardless of any external PL/I compiler previously installed.

The File ManagerPL/I compiler to be used is selected with the ALTPLI option.

The SHOWPLI command can be used to display the PL/I compiler being used.

See the table Available PL/I compilers for details.

If you want to use File Manager view, edit, copy, print, or data create functions with a PL/I include book, you must use the Language Environment® runtime library.

To ensure that you use the correct Language Environment® runtime, either add the Language Environment® runtime library, SCEERUN, to your LINKLIST, or add it to the STEPLIB DD statement in your TSO logon procedure.

SHOWPLI command

The SHOWPLI command displays the level of the internal PL/I compiler.

In batch, submit a File Manager batch job with the following control statement:

$$FILEM SHOWPLI

Under ISPF, enter SHOWPLI on any File Manager command line.

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