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increase -Xms512m -Xmx1536m -Xmnx64m value in eclipse.ini

the default values in eclipse.ini for-Xms512m-Xmx1536m-Xmnx64mare to low - every time the customer installs ID/z they need to increase them to be able to use ID/z with their growing size sources
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

Copy local COBOL-Sources to z/OS: encoding-warning

We want to copy local COBOL-Sources (from Project-Explorer) to MVS-Files. The files don't contain any HEX-code or any unusual characters. The source isw copied correctly, but since IDz 14.2.2 there is an Encoding Warning: "The file contains charac...
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

Property Group Global Variables indicating the processing environment

Please provide a Global Variable in PropertyGroups to support differentiation between "Build a Test Case" in zUnit und "Remote Syntax Check". This is necassary in order to initialize different logic in the corresponding members of "Procedures and ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

Add ability to track externally files migrated as binary and formatting lost in IDZ

Related to RFE 143077.Seeing that once it's migrated over as binary, all formatting will be lost in IDz and it'll be next to impossible to fix the code afterwards." This issue is editing and round trip with binary files as created/indicated throug...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

Add the capability to overrule/override a specific file to transfer it as binary

Add the capability to overrule/override a specific file to transfer it as binary.The capability to specify file transfer type explicitly in dialog makes sense, as well as a capability see the transfer information for a file/member seems apt.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

MFS preference default checked

We would like to have the MFS preference checked by default instead of the current unchecked. SeeTS003108877
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Default View for Search

Currently, when a user clicks on Search, the default view is on the Remote z/OS Search tab. We'd like to have the option of making the Remote z/OS File Search tab as the default.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

Cobol editor - filter views

Add filter views that exist in the Lpex editor.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Support for // as comment indicator in PLI editor

In our version 14.1.5 of IDz, '//' as indicator for a comment in pl1-programs is not supported by the syntax highlighting. And there is also no information that the current version of IDz 14.1.6 supports it. Since IDz supports Enterprise PLI 5.2 a...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Dark teama is not so useful with current color settings

Dark teama is not so useful with current color settings. If choosen then you have to do special adaptions to almost every area and editor to see the data correct or fully. Many users perfer the dark "look".
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

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