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Brett Saviano · May 17, 2023

Hi @Josef Zvonicek, I'm glad that VS Code is making you more productive, and thanks for the feedback. I have some comments about your fine-tuning list:

  1. The "override class members" functionality is implemented by the Language Server extension. If you file an issue on its GitHub repository I would be happy to consider this enhancement request.
  2. The VS Code integrated terminal is part of the core product, and not our extensions, so I'm not sure we can do anything about this. Can you provide more details about how you started the terminal and the expected vs actual behavior?
  3. Newer versions of the vscode-objectscript extension should avoid opening that extra copy of the file when debugging. If you're using  recent version like 2.8.0 or 2.8.1 and this isn't working, please file a GitHub issue in that extension's repository and I will take a look at it.
  4. The debug console can only evaluate expressions. It's not a full terminal and cannot execute commands, so this isn't possible unfortunately.
  5. I'm not sure what a GIT disk is. Are you editing files on your local file system?
  6. Can you describe what doesn't work well, and what we could do to make things better?
  7. There is a command called "Open Error Location..." that you can execute from the command palette. It prompts you to enter a "label+offset^routine" string and then opens that location. It only works for INT routines though.  
Brett Saviano · May 16, 2023

@Anna Golitsyna 
I think the debugging experience in VS Code is actually better than Studio since you can view the properties of OREF's in the variables view in VS Code but not Studio. You can have that developer file an issue report on GitHub, or contact the WRC if you have a support contract.

As for features in Studio but not VS Code, the biggest one is the Inspector. It is very unlikely that it will ever be implemented in VS Code. VS Code also does not support integration with the legacy Zen BPL and DTL editors. VS Code will support integration with the new Angular versions of those editors when they are implemented. VS Code also doesn't support syntax coloring for Cache Basic or MultiValue Basic, but you can still edit those files.

Brett Saviano · May 16, 2023

@Anna Golitsyna 
The big plus is that VS Code is in active development, while Studio hasn't seen enhancements in years and now is deprecated. Other than that, here are some benefits of VS Code:

  • Supports Mac, Linux and Alpine Linux in addition to Windows.
  • Much faster release cycles so you get new features and fixes faster.
  • Always forward compatible without needing to install a new version.
  • Much better intellisense support. (a large list of features can be found here)
  • Modern UI with fully customizable themes.
  • Can be connected to multiple server-namespaces in the same window.
  • Debugging supports expanding OREF's to see their properties.
Brett Saviano · May 15, 2023

@Larry Overkamp 
VS Code does not support exporting or importing source code as XML files. There are existing tools in the terminal and SMP for that. The server-side editing paradigm that John mentioned above is conceptually similar to Studio in that the files you edit are "virtual" and do not need to be exported to the file system to be edited. It supports viewing all files in a namespace like in Studio, and it also supports importing local .cls, .mac, .int and .inc files into that namespace.

Searching for text across those virtual files is supported and the UI is much better than Studio since you can click on the match and jump right to that location in the file. Enabling that feature requires some extra steps due to a VS Code core limitation, but this is something that we anticipate will be resolved in the future.

Brett Saviano · May 15, 2023

@Richard Filoramo 
The server-side editing paradigm in VS Code is conceptually similar to Studio in that the files you edit are "virtual" and do not need to be exported to the file system. This mode supports Studio source control classes, so you can continue using them if you want. We have a documentation page that describes some useful features for migrating from Studio that describes where the Studio source control integration can be found in the VS Code UI.

Brett Saviano · May 12, 2023

@Mikko Taittonen 
The vscode-objectscript extension does provide New File commands for Interoperability classes. You can read the documentation here. The SOAP wizard can be accessed from the Server Actions menu. BPL and DTL classes can be edited textually. Support for the graphical editors will be added when they are rewritten using Angular. For a preview of how that would work, you can try out the new Angular Rule Editor in VS Code.

Brett Saviano · May 10, 2023

@David Hockenbroch 
We just improved the UI for creating a new server-side editing workspace folder. If you have no workspace open, you can follow the steps here to create a new one. If you do, you can add a new folder to you workspace by right-clicking in the file explorer and selecting "Add Server Namespace to Workspace..". That command will follow steps 4 and on. To see CSP files, select "Web Application Files" in the menu from step 8. To see basic files, select "code files in <NS>", then select "Filter", then make sure your custom filter contains the "*.bas" pattern. It can include other file types as well.