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    [IBM Enterprise COBOL V6+] Include in the DWARF information the CBL/PROCESS directives present in the COBOL source code

    Hi, When CBL/PROCESS compilation directives are present in the COBOL source code, they are correctly reproduced in the SYSMDECK output. However, they are absent from the source text included in the DWARF information retrieved by the -zt option of ...
    2 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Submitted

    [CDADUMP / dwarfdump] Option to extract the pure source code (without formatting)

    Hi, This may not be the best group to make this request, but it is related to the IBM Enterprise COBOL compiler for z/OS. The -zt option of CDADUMP / dwarfdump extracts the source code of the program included in the DWARF options. This source code...
    2 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

    [CDADUMP] Option to redirect outputs to files

    Hi, This may not be the best group to make this request, but it is related to the IBM Enterprise COBOL compiler for z/OS. The CDADUMP utility, a JCL version of the command-line dwardfump utility, allows you to extract DWARF information stored in a...
    2 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

    COBOL support for reqular expressions

    COBOL 6.4: The IF, INSPECT, and UNSTRING verbs, for example, could well benefit from supporting regular expressions, thus increasing the power and flexibility of the COBOL language. Consider the case of finding a phone number in an address line. S...
    12 days ago in COBOL Compilers 0 Submitted

    CICS Explorer - Task Rule - New Compound Condition, as in System Rule

    CICS Explorer - Task Rule - New Compound Condition, as in System Rule You may have multiple conditions and perform the action when all are true. Similar to the existing System Rule.
    5 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

    Ability to Make the New DFHCE3549 Logon Message Format Optional in CICS TS 6.2

    We request the introduction of an optional parameter enabling: Reverting to the previous (short) format of the DFHCE3549 message, Or selecting between the new and the old format, Or using a backward‑compatible message without the additional inform...
    13 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Under review

    Make autoinstall support also available for terminals like AICONS=AUTO for consoles

    We would like to eliminate the AUINSTRM URM for the automatic installation of terminals, consoles, and more.For terminals there is an option AICONS=AUTO where CICS automatically generates the console TERMID. This would be also great if this option...
    16 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Under review

    Provide a supported method to return a COBOL or PL/I program's compiled SERVCE string to the program at execution time.

    SCLM's often store company-specific information in the SERVICE string to identify not only the date and time last compiled but who last compiled it and under what project identifier string. Currently the only way for a running COBOL program to ret...
    2 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 4 Future consideration

    EXEC CICS WEB READ QUERYPARM to accept a CHARACTERSET as well.

    if URL parameters contain of national characters (such as Danish æøå) the EXEC CICS WEB READ QUERYPARM can't be used for getting the data in EBCDIC 277 we want if we get data in EBCDIC 277 that %C3%86 becomes Æ equal '7B'x and %C3%98 becomes Ø equ...
    about 2 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

    Remove DFHSI8443 message after DFHMQ0320I

    As indicated in the TS019799368 case, when a message similar to .... +DFHMQ0320I 22/06/2025 05:16:05 J1M1PA01 The CICS-MQ Adapter cannot find MQNAME MQP0. The CICS will never connect when the QMGR start (a CEMT SET MQC CONNECT command is required)...
    7 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2

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