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TPF Toolkit

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Add Vertical Bar to Toolkit 4.6 LPEX Editor

In TK 4.2 there is a vertical bar showing the continuation column when editing a .asm program. This is controlled from Preferences >> HLAsm Parser >> Margins (must select "Show Margins" and "Enable Margins"). TK 4.6 removes this featur...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 3 Delivered

Add mask possibility other than '*' to the connection details of the TPF debugger. Example of mask: 172.*.*.*

Since Covid many off use started working from home including the use of the TPF debugger. However, at home you have more than 1 IP address and we know you can supply the IP address in the advanced option of the debug session.But every day we log o...
12 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

Requesting Toolkit 4.6 Search Capabilities (similar to 4.2)

This is a request for supporting SEARCH capabilities in Toolkit 4.6 in a similar fashion to RSE in Toolkit 4.2.
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

Request to IBM to secure all Toolkit to TPF Connections

TPF Toolkit is using unsecured protocols to communicate with z/TPF. Specifically FTP. We are requesting that this protocol be changed to Secure FTP.
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 3 Delivered

Add the ability to parse AbstractCommandHandler remote command output for compile errors to populate the Problems view in TPF Toolkit 4.6

The programmers rely on the Problems view to enable them to go right to where any errors occur because you can click on an item in the view and it will open the appropriate file and make that line the current line. IBM provided a sample of plugins...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

Application performance analysis tooling

Performance analysis (run-time) tools are required to identify performance bottlenecks & other critical statistics early in the software development life cycle where they are cheaper to find & fix. They help developers tune an application ...
about 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

Enhance TPF Toolkit 4.6.12 remote search to enable copy/paste of file

Provide the ability to copy/paste a file from the remote search output. Currently it is very difficult to copy/paste files into the Project Explorer folders without using the import function or going to Linux and using cp command and syncing.From ...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

Support for URL When Defining TPF System in TK 4.6

I would like to request the ability to specify the URL instead of a hardcoded port number in the "New TPF System" dialog.In Toolkit 4.6, current dialog for defining "New TPF System" requires:- TPF System Name- System IP Address- Debugger port- HTT...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Delivered

Deliver TPF Toolkit updates via .zip file

1. Deliver a full, completed Toolkit product via a .zip file. Remove the need to use Oomph, and remove the need to "pull" software from opensource web sites. 2. Deliver updates to the Toolkit product via periodic .zip files containing a full produ...
about 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

z/TPF Automated Unit Testing

TVPT DL , Amex, SABRE 2. Headline: Automated Unit Testing 3. Lead Contact: mark.whitney@travelport.com 4. Date 2018-04-26 5. Description: a. Multiple z/TPF Customers, Travelport, Amex, Delta, and SABRE, desire the ability to develop u...
almost 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

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