#VSCode

This is a consequence of work being done by the VS Code team to improve Find in Explorer.

Symptoms without proposed APIs:

Note the continual clock badge and progress bar.

With proposed APIs enabled you will require v2.12.9-beta.4 or later, otherwise the find runs but returns no results.

See https://github.com/intersystems-community/vscode-objectscript/issues/14… for more information.

Visual Studio Code releases new updates every month with new features and bug fixes, and the September 2024 release is now available. 

Version 1.94 now includes: 

• Find in Explorer - Quickly find files in the Explorer view with the improved Find control. As a consequence of this, the Explorer's Find widget on server-side folders requires v2.12.9-beta.4 or later with Proposed APIs enabled. Read more in this Developer Community post. 
• Source Control Graph - More filtering options and interactivity in the Source Control Graph.

I have three different methods for exporting classes and projects as XML files, but each one produces slightly different output:

1. Studio (what I currently use for exporting): I export as a project (with the 'only project' option disabled). This generates all classes and the project in a single XML file.
2. VS Code: This method only exports the classes, and it doesn't include the project in the XML file.
3. Console export using %SYSTEM.OBJ.Export: I used the following command to attempt the same export as Studio: do ##class(%SYSTEM.OBJ).Export("MyProject.Prj, MyProject.*.cls", "TempDir/MyProject.xml", "/exportselectivity=0", "", "utf-8")

On 2024-08-29, the team released Language Server v2.6.0, which includes more improvements for code completion (aka intellisense). That means that #dim, while still useful, is hardly necessary anymore. That's a good thing in my opinion.

This post from last year (Intellisense and code completion in VS code objectscript) talked about using #dim for code completion for OREFs. #dim has always been useful for both Studio and VS Code. But last year, VS Code ObjectScript was slightly behind Studio in this area, and #dim helped bridge that gap. But now, VS Code has surpassed Studio.

Please allow me to introduce you to a new way of interacting with IPM (InterSystems Package Manager), also known as ZPM,directly from inside Visual Studio Code.

First, install into VS Code the free InterSystems Package Manager extension, published to Marketplace by George James Software. A quick way is to use the search field in VS Code's Extensions view and look for 'ipm zpm' (without the quotes). Alternatively browse to https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=georgejames.iris-pa…

Here's a short video showing the extension in action.

hi everyone,

I'm trying to make some use of AI to help with coding. To achieve this I've moved to VS Code linking to a cache instance, and installed the "Cody" extension from Sourcegraph that talks to Claude Sonnet.

In theory Cody can view, and send to the AI, the file I'm currently editing. However, it does not seem to "see" Cache server items, and only works for stuff in ordinary files that I have open. Is this an issue with "isfs" ("InterSystems File Service" that implements the "filesystem provider API" )? Is anyone else using Cody or any other AI extension successfully?

Thanks,

Mike

Hello,

I'm trying to debug objectscript ClassMethods in VSCode, but nothing happens when clicking the Debug button over the ClassMethod.

This was working with previous versions - tested with IRIS 2020.

This is the server configuration:

"intersystems.servers"

If you are using the client-side development paradigm (i.e. editing code in local files that get imported and compiled onto the IRIS server your `objectscript.conn` settings point to) you can now use IPM in VS Code to manage the packages in your IRIS target by launching it from the Explorer view. Just make sure the extension you are using is at least version 1.0.4, then use this button:

Thanks to @Evgeny.Shvarovfor suggesting this enhancement, which is particularly useful when using Docker.

See the new team members in action:

Try them online for yourself:

https://gitpod.io#snapshot/b31bdf9c-4657-402a-a2d

Get it from the Extensions view inside VS Code, or here in Marketplace.

Vote for it here in the current Developer Tools 2024 contest (voting ends: 29 Sep, 2024, 11:59:59 PM EST).

Discuss it below.

Most of all, enjoy DX Jetpack with its added booster rockets!

If you use VS Code and ZPM / IPM, and would like a GUI-type alternative to the CLI of the latter, please upvote https://ideas.intersystems.com/ideas/DPI-I-602

Suggestions about how you think this new UX should look and behave are welcome, so feel free to add your comments to the idea.

Hello,

Since version 2.12.6 of "Intersystems ObjectScript" extension in VS Code, the compile process force the EOF automatically to LF.
Have you encountered this issue and do you know how to resolve it?

Thank you,

Maxime

Visual Studio Code releases new updates every month with new features and bug fixes, and the August 2024 release is now available. 

Version 1.93 includes: 

• Profiles editor - Switch and manage your profiles from a single place.
• Django unit test support - Discover and run Django unit tests from the Test Explorer.
• IntelliSense on vscode.dev - Boost your JS & TS coding in vscode.dev with IntelliSense.
• Notebook diff viewer - Efficiently review changes in notebooks by collapsing unchanged cells.
• Resize columns via the keyboard - Resizing table columns in VS Code more accessible via keyboard.

during an upgrade, a customer wants to load custom schemas in a particular order.
For this, they renamed a file EPIC_MDM.HL7 to 1EPIC_MDM.HL7
Upon importing this file into their server using VSCode, the custom schema was renamed to 1EPIC_MDM.HL7 inside the <Category>
This is impacting the upgrade and they are looking for a way to import a custom schema without renaming the schema itself.

For those of you who still use the Studio IDE for ObjectScript programming and are going through the process of migrating to VS Code, did you know there's a section in the VS Code documentation just for you? Have a look at the Migrating from Studio chapter. It covers:

• Server-side editing and source control
• Studio projects
• Importing server definitions from the Windows Registry
• Loading Studio snippets and syntax colors

And now there's a new section, Keyboard Shortcuts, that shows you the VS Code equivalent for shortcuts you may be used to, so your hands never have to leave the keyboard.

Instead of building a BP to execute stored procedures just to insert the data, I figured I would give Linked Stored Procedures a try since all I need to do is insert the data. I have proved in our MS SQL Development environment that it is possible, so I through I could just repoint the Linked Stored Procedure 

set$$GetJConnection^%apiGTW

to the test environment. But when I made the changed in VSCode and compiled the Stored Procedure disappeared from the SQL view in the Management Portal.

So can we not simply update the connection string to point to a different MS SQL Connection?

Is there a wizard to override pieces of class (parameters, properties, methods, etc.) like there is in Studio? I can't find this functionality anywhere. If it's not there, it's certainly a piece I'll sorely miss as we transition to VS Code.

Is CR/LF changes to DTL files edited/committed to git via VS Code a known issue?

We had an issue with exporting files from one server and importing on another, using XML code exported from Studio: ERROR #6301: SAX XML Parser Error. Turns out that issue was down to CR/LF changes made when transferring the XML from one server to the other.

What is wrong in this snippet??

Its an iris lab so nothing so personal that someone can't use it

{

    "workbench.colorTheme": "InterSystems Default Dark Modern",

    "intersystems.servers": {        

        "irislab": {

            "webServer": {

                "scheme": "https",

                "host": "35.188.112.210",

                "port": 29363

            },

            "username": "tech",

            "password": "demo"

        }

    },

    "objectscript.conn": {

        "server": "irislab",

        "ns": "USER", // Add your namespace here (e.g., USER)

        "active": true

    }

}

Hello,

I have installed the latest version of IRIS (without a web server) to replace my community version with a embeded web server. 
I tried to connect Visual Studio Code to my namespace, but I am unable to do so. I keep receiving the message "Not found." 
Here is my configuration:

"pc-david": {
    "webServer": {
        "scheme": "http",
        "host": "localhost",
        "port": 80
    },
    "description": "pc-david",
    "username": "_SYSTEM"
}

When I modify the host and port, I can successfully connect to other remote databases (Cache 2018 or IRIS).

Visual Studio Code releases new updates every month with new features and bug fixes, and the July 2024 release is now available. 

Version 1.92 includes: 

• Default browser - Configure which browser to use for opening links in VS Code.
• Revert PRs - Easily create a revert PR for a merged PR.
• Extension updates - More easily configure auto updating of extensions.
• Override profiles - Override an existing profile with the Profiles Editor.
• Paste files in CSS - Quickly add CSS file references with paste or drag and drop.
• Move Panel to top - Position the Panel section at the top of the workbench.

Hi all,

I have some .vm (Velocity Templating Language) files that I'd like to be able to load into IRIS with the $System.OBJ.Load(filename) command, but it seems that only accepts XML files.

I've tried adding import/export logic in my custom studio document that will wrap the velocity content inside an XML document and vice versa, I've changed the existing Velocity files to have the extension .xml and be wrapped in XML, and I've included a .dtd file for them to reference. However, this doesn't seem to work.

Hello,

Recently I have been tinkering with VSCode and ObjectScript extension to connect to my dockerized IRIS instance. I have configured the instance to use Apache as a Web Gateway as per instructions and it has been working well. Currently I'm using a self-signed certificate for the SSL part of the connection. The browser nags about insecure certs when connecting to Management Portal but that's expected.

Not so while ago GitHub introduced, ability to very quickly run VSCode in the browser for any repository hosted there. Press the . key on any repository or pull request, or swap .com with .dev in the URL, to go directly to a VS Code environment in your browser.

This VSCode is a light version of the Desktop version but works entirely in Browser. And due to this, it has a limitation for extensions which was allowed to work this way. And let me introduce the new version 1.2.1 of VSCode-ObjectScript extension which now supports running in Browser mode.

Hi folks,

We are in the process of migrating from Ensemble to IRIS.

After the migration I would like to find all usages of deprecated classes and methods in all of our code. This is to align with the changes in package like %SYSTEM.SQL for example.

Is there an easy way to do this, or maybe a tool that can assist?

Thanks.

Hi Team,

I want implement build/release pipeline for InterSystems IRIS rest API with VSTS without docker container or other tool.

Can you please provide step by step guide for same.

Thanks,

Ankur Shah

Hello,

I have over 30 years of experience developing solutions with MUMPS and IRIS. Additionally, I also develop in C++, Python, Angular... 
Experiences with Container (Docker) , GIT and REST-API's

 I'm seated in Germany and looking for a job opportunity as a freelancer who mostly works from home office.

regards Matthias

Hi Team,

This is very urgent can you please guide me to convert the date string to ISO format.

set date = "20240501144800-0500"

set result = $SYSTEM.SQL.Functions.TOTIMESTAMP(date, "YYYYMMDDHHMISS")

write result -> 2024-05-01T16:49:00:00+00:00

so here timezone is dropped off but i need that.

expected result -> 2024-05-01T16:49:00-05:00

Please help me here how i can convert in this format.

Has anyone had experience migrating source control projects from Subversion to Github, particularly when transitioning from InterSystems Studio to VSCode?

We recently moved from using the Private Web Server, to using an Apache/Web Gateway setup and moved towards using the built in LDAP functionality within IRIS. Since then, we have 1 user that uses VSCode (/api/atelier) heavily that continues to have issues signing into IRIS through VS Code and the /api/atelier extension.

I am trying to troubleshoot two issues..

I'm working with isc.rest and am going through the tutorial right now. My project directory exists on my IRIS server. When I try to create a module.xml file in the root package, I get a #16006 error. I see that there is a "generate" command for zpm that should create a module.xml for me on my local filesystem. How can I create this module.xml in the same folder that holds my code living on the IRIS server?