To use a 5250 green screen terminal in Visual Studio Code (VS Code) for IBM i, follow these steps:
- Install Code for IBM i:
- First, make sure you have Code for IBM i installed in your VS Code. If not, you can find installation instructions here.
- Open the Terminal:
- In VS Code, click the Terminals button at the bottom of your screen.
- A quick-pick menu will appear at the top of your screen. Choose the 5250 (SSH) terminal option.
- Since you’ve already connected to your system using Code for IBM i, the PASE terminal will log you in automatically.
- 5250 Terminal Requirements:
- To launch a 5250 emulator, you need to have tn5250 installed. This is a terminal client for IBM i that emulates 5250 terminals.
- You can install tn5250 via yum or via IBM i ACS (as shown in the video above).
- Customize Your Terminal:
- Code for IBM i provides additional settings to configure your terminal. One common setting is the CCSID mapping configuration, which lets you set the encoding for the terminal.