Editor Features With SPoD

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# Editor Features With SPoD

The editor features provided with Natural's Single Point of Development (SPoD) depend on the server you use with Natural Studio. This section indicates all server-specific editor features.

For details about the features mentioned in this section, refer to the appropriate sections in the Editors documentation.

- Map Editor: GUI Controls and Field-Sensitive Maps

- Data Area Editor: Source Format

- DDM Editor: Database Features

## Map Editor: GUI Controls and Field-Sensitive Maps

> Field-sensitive maps

>   Field-sensitive maps are only available on a Linux or a Windows server.

> GUI controls

>   GUI controls are only available on a Windows server and are not available for output maps (i.e., maps that are based on a `WRITE` statement).

## Data Area Editor: Source Format

Depending on the features used, the data area editor uses an internal source format to store the sources of data areas in the FUSER system file.

For details about the source format, see Source Format for Data Area Storage in the section Storing and Cataloging a Data Area in the Editors documentation for z/OS, Linux.

## DDM Editor: Database Features

> Adabas command procedures

>   Adabas command procedures are only available on a z/OS server.

> VSAM

>   VSAM-specific features only available on a z/OS server.

> XML

>   XML-specific features are only available on a Linux or a Windows server.

> User databases

>   User-specific databases can only be defined on a z/OS server.

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- Map Editor: GUI Controls and Field-Sensitive Maps
- Data Area Editor: Source Format
- DDM Editor: Database Features