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Enhance the setting UI of Remote Connection Emulator (RCE)

Now there are 2 place that can configure the connection parameters (host / port, etc) in the RCE - the "Host properties" tab at the bottom - the "Session properties" button on the upper right corner Users are always getting confused for how / wher...
3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Future consideration

IDZ should officially support the Eclipse Installer / Oomph.

Firstly, the Eclipse Installer / Oomph provides the option of downloading the java JDK option with JustJ. We would suggest IDz offers the same option with its own bundled JDK. Secondly, we would like a EPP package available in this option. With th...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Future consideration

The aqua download site should provide an EPP package to download

Like other IDE (e.g. Eclipse) IDz should also provide an EPP package to download on their aqua download side,. This would simplify the use of the Eclipse-Installer should customers decide to use one. As a first step it would suffice to provide the...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Future consideration

Need IDz v16 to be installable with Installation Manager

IDz v16 is currently only installable via Eclipse P2: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6826641 Installation process of earlier versions was with Installation Manager and it would be easier to upgrade to v16 if IM was also available.
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Future consideration

API to fill manually the Remote Error List

In IDz we would like to offer to our developers the Remote Error list filled with the compile errors / warnings / information of Cobol Programs. Since we have a multi-step-compile we cannot use the usual way for this feature due to a shift of the ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Future consideration

DBB user Build Configuration enhancements

Currently all the IDz users needs to do some settings related to DBB User build Configuration for the first time before they can invoke the user build.By adding the below two functionality to DBB user build we think we can better manage the global...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Future consideration

NullPointerException when using Refactor

When using a preprocessor and selecting "extract paragraph" from the refactor menu nothing happens. The menu just closes. And in the .log file a NullPointerException is listed. According to the case this is working as designed. This rfe is about t...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

Incomplete tooltip for COBOL variables

In a COBOL program you have a long list of variables. For example this one: 1 DLI-FUNK. 2 GU-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GU". 2 GN-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GN". 2 GNP-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GNP". 2 GHU-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GHU". 2 GHN-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GHN". 2 G...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

zUnit: PLI-Support for the return-code (PLIRETC)

The test case editor of zUnit does not recognizes the return code for a PLI program (PLIRETC) and therefore no expected value can be specified.
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Future consideration

IDz client 15.0.1 has error getting dbg profiles from EQAPROF server

There is a defect in the IDz 15.0.1.0 client, when accessing the debug profile service. Specifically, I get the following error in my 15.0.1.0 client .log file (in the metadata directory of my workspace):!MESSAGE An internal error occurred during:...
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration