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iDz 'Real-Time Syntax Checking' has only COBOL v.5.1 option available

In iDz under the Preferences -> COBOL -> Features -> Real-Time Syntax Checking, under the 'Validate against compiler versions' it seems that Enterprise COBOL V5.1 is default and nothing else is selectable.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

Japanese CodePage IBM-1390/1399 support

For IDz V15 and earlier, we can use the Japanese code page IBM-1390/1399 with code conversion for text data when accessing resources on z/OS such as MVS datasets and Unix file systems from IDz client. But for IDz 16, we can not set IBM-1390/1399 f...
10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Delivered

Export the data in ‘Data Elements' window to spreadsheet.

If we can export this into a spreadsheet, we can perform the following: 1. Use the Data element analysis and filter on different columns. E.g. filter on unused (reference count zero) variables. 2. Sum up the pic clause in spread sheet – to count t...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

BANK HAPOALIM LTD

The Customer developed user-written rules to be tested with Code Review and wish to run them all in a Batch process on the zSystem:They used the provided JCL proc AKGCR to run the code review.The job was successful but the elapsed time was long, a...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

Program Control Flow

Program control flow has FROM HERE (to end of the program) and TO HERE (from the start of the program), however if there is an option to use “FROM HERE” “TO HERE” that would be a nice add on especially in large programs
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

MOVE option is not available in RDz

MOVE option is not available
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Delivered

IDz DBCS does not recognize empty SOSI or SISO inside

In unicode conversion from host, SO (x0E) and SI (x0F) characters are stripped off. They are inserted back when saving back to host.DBCS character conversion does not work as expected with certain sequential combinations of SO and SI. In some case...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Delivered

Make new setting under IDz/RCE preferences for Remote Connection Emulator to be able to run from defined place instead of default AppData folder

During an exploration of new Remote Connection Emulator within iDz 15.0.5 we found that implementation of this solution is based on AppData folder, where if RCE is to be started, binary program of RCE executable (s3270 binary program) is getting l...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Delivered

zUnit error MemoryShortageException: CRRZT0113E -nosec

Customer runs out of storage for large data layouts. Support recommends a RFE to resolve. "...attempting to open the Edit Test Data Layout for a COBOL program with lots of copybooks, and you receive this Memory Shortage Exception:" com.ibm.etools....
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Delivered

Program Control Flow Export as PNG

There is only a way to export the program control flow graphic as *.svg which is a vector format, that can't be used by many third party applications (like MS Office, RTF, Notes, Printing, ...) and always needs to be converted for other use. Pleas...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

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