How to specify the custom path to zapp.yml/zapp.json in User settings.

[ShaswatChampatiray]

We were able to resolve the copybooks in COBOL program by updating the zapp.yml in the below file structure.

workspace
└───.code-workspace
└───COBOL
│ └───COPYBOOK
│ │ │ COPY.cpy
│ │ │ ...
│ │
│ └───SAM
│ │ SAM1.cbl
│ │ ...
└───.zapp.yaml

In the above file structure, the code-workspace file contains the zapp.yml reference path like mentioned below

{
"folders": [
{
"path": "../../../_dev/git-repos/custom-app/zopeneditor-sample"
}
],
"settings": {}
}

We see in the workspace setting if we specify the folder attribute, open z editor by defaults picks it up from that location.

For the above scenario to work we have to create .code-workspace file for vscode, which happens when we create a workspace.

We want to know if the user doesnt create a workspace and still want to specify the reference path for zapp.yml, i.e. by using user settings (setting.json),

[phaumer]

Hello @ShaswatChampatiray.
zapp.yaml files need to the in the top-level of a workspace. This is true for single root workspace as well as multi-root workspaces. For multi-root each workspace can have a zapp file and the property groups of each are combined into one list in the order you list the workspaces in the .workspaces file. Also see this doc page for more details.

From what I can see if your ascii graph it looks like that your zapp file is inside the COBOL directory? If you move it up to the top-level then in would be hopefully read. If you switch the Logger to Debug mode then the output will also tell you which zapp files it is finding and reading at startup to troubleshoot the problem.