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    Need support for editing DBCS members where one or both SO/SI are missing

    When source code members miss one or both SO/SI characters (x'0E or x'0F) then IDz on VS code and Eclipse fail to edit them or display them as read only. Customers need to be able to edit and save them to MVS.
    3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

    Add EXPORT and SYMBOLS Keyword Support for the LPEX JCL Editor

    A user noticed she gets errors when she uses the EXPORT and SYMBOLS keywords when using the LPEX JCL editor. The EXPORT keyword is associated with the message Incorrect JCL operation field. The SYMBOLS keyword is associated with the message Unknow...
    16 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

    We require the ability for IDz to support OAuth 2 authorisation code grants in order to access zOS Connect server instances.

    All use of basic auth to zOS Connect servers is forbidden due to security vulnerabilities in using basic auth over http. This means that developers are unable to connect from within IDz to any zOS Connect servers to query deployed services, deploy...
    11 days ago in z/OS Explorer / All components 0 Submitted

    Need support for editing DBCS in hexadecimal in the COBOL editor

    There is a limitation that the COBOL editor cannot edit DBCS members in hexadecimal https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/developer-for-zos/17.0.x?topic=editor-limitations#c_dbsupport_sosi The following editor features are not available when you edit EBCDIC...
    about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

    RSEAPI/RSE should not alter the 'referenced date' of datasets when they are listed via z/OS Explorer (Eclipse/VS Code).

    When users list Datasets through Eclipse/VSCode, the "referenced date" for all listed datasets are inadvertently updated to the current date. This happens even though no dataset was browsed, viewed or edited. This behavior has a significant impact...
    4 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 1 Future consideration

    Enable Hex mode for components with UTF-8 encoding.

    Enable Hex mode for components with UTF-8 encoding. Hex mode (Alt + Shift + H) works for programs with Windows-1252 encoding, but the standard encoding used in git repositories is UTF-8. In this encoding, Hex mode displays the message “Hex editing...
    23 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

    Add functionality to the Cobol/JCL Editors

    1) The following functions are available when using the Cobol/JCL Editor however they are not accessible from the context editor when right clicking on the source. Please make these functions available in the context menu of the Cobol/JCL Editor s...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

    Add auto-completion for structures when using header files (C/C++)

    When developping in C langage, the auto-completion is useful because it allows you to find the correct variable/function. However, when using a header file (example : #include "testpgmc.h") the auto-completion is not working but it is working when...
    6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Under review

    Cobol syntactic analyzer to handle multiple ENTRY statements

    Any ENTRY statement in a Cobol program is detected by the syntactic analyzer as unreacheable code when previous code contains a GOBACK. However, a program with an entry doesn't necessarily begin from the PROCEDURE DIVISION. Any ENTRY can be used a...
    10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

    Cobol Editor BIDI support

    Currently BIDI customers use mostly LPEX editor. The COBOL editor BIDI support is minimal and is not sufficient. It is required in order to allow BIDI customersa) enjoy from COBOL editor features b) allow BIDI customer to upgrade to future IDz rel...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

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