Quickstart

PowerOn Pro brings a complete language server, direct integration to Symitar, and an incredible UX to level up your credit union's development toolkit through Visual Studio Code.

This quickstart is designed to help you get your first Symitar connection created in the PowerOn Pro extension. Through this quickstart, you will learn:

• How to get PowerOn Pro installed

• Overview of some of the basic concepts of PowerOn Pro

• How to use a Remote Sym

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There are two methods for installing the PowerOn Pro extension.

1. Using the install link on the Visual Studio Marketplace (ref. )

2. Selecting the Extensions button ( ) in VS Code and searching for "poweron pro"

Start by clicking the PowerOn Pro logo ( ) on the bottom left of the VS Code status bar. This will launch the PowerOn Pro menu for you to be able to manage your connections.

Next, select "Click to manage connections..."

Select "Add new Connection +" followed by either "SSH" or "HTTPs" depending on your connection preference and capability of your Symitar host.

This provides a brief overview of each input box you'll receive while creating an SSH connection.

Once you've gone through the prompts, you should expect to see ( ) in the status bar of VS Code (bottom left). Anything different means you may have had an issue connecting or have only be able to establish a partial connection.

Please refer to the Required input (SSH) for the context on the majority of the required inputs as they're nearly identical with the exception of the following:

From the activity bar (on the left-hand side), select the Symitar Explorer button ( ) and if you've already followed as well as the required dependencies installed on your machine, you should see the "Open Remote Sym" in the view.

Select "Open Remote Sym" and you should expect to see a menu giving you a selection from available Symitar connections.

After selecting the preferred connection, you will find a list of available Syms (based on the individual connections you've created) as a menu as well.

Selecting a Remote Sym here will automatically do the following:

1. Create a new directory ( /<symitarHostname>/<symNumber> ) using the configured Local Symitar Path as the root

2. Update the VS Code workspace at that local folder

3. Begin synchronizing the configured directories (e.g. /HELPFILES, /LETTERSPECS, or /REPWRITERSPECS

All of the available commands within PowerOn Pro are listed on the PowerOn Pro Commands page and can also be listed by opening up the Command Palette (Ctrl + Shift + P) and typing "PowerOn Pro".

• To create a connection (SSH or HTTPs), use the Manage Symitar Connections command

• If you want to open a Remote Sym you'll need first set a root path in the setting as well as have both rsync and sshpass utilities via WSL (ref. )