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    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

    Bring the Host Connection Emulator HCE back into IDz. Its just better than RCE

    Bring the Host Connection Emulator HCE back into IDz. Its just better than RCE. Our developers are used to HCE and what it offers. RCE is just not at its level and therefore the developers won't switch to IDz 16.0 unless the HCE is in there.
    over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 7 Not under consideration

    Add preference for RDz Data Editor to change the square to another monospaced character

    If binary data is included in the record and displayed with the RDz Data Editor, it can include '?'(U+25AD0 in place of a control character. Add a new preference item to the font settings in the data editor to allow users to change the '?'(U+25AD)...
    about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

    We need to change Component Version Status on deploy, but do not allow user to change it

    We want each component version to be deployed to all environments: DEV, INT, AUS, PRO. Therefore, users cannot deploy to INT if the version was not previously deployed to DEV. To do that we use the version status. After deployment to DEV, we add a...
    11 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / All components 2 Not under consideration

    Possibility to define a property group by default

    Hi, It would be useful to have the option to define a property group by default for all imported z/OS projects. Today our developers must select each project and associate it with the property group that we want. An action that can be easily autom...
    9 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

    Allow user builds to run inside a container

    With the introduction of native container images for z/OS (z/OS Container Platform) it only makes sense to package Java, DBB and the build scripts (zAppBuild or self-written) into an image to use it across different builds. Today, IDz supports sta...
    2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 3 Not under consideration

    Maintain text formatting by copying/pasting from IDZ to external editor like WORD

    We would like to retain the layout of the text of a COBOL program or a JCL when copying and pasting from COBOL editor IDZ to an external editor like WORD. Indeed, when opening a COBOL program (or JCL) with the COBOL editor (or JCL editor), which i...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

    Quick/Easy access to DB2 tables and queries

    The new DB2 features within IDz are great, but a little cumbersome to use. In order to access tables and queries within the Remote Systems pane, I have to navigate through 5 layers of dropdown menus. I think a new, separate DB2 "view" would be rea...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

    Allow signed fixed bin variables to be initialised by unsigned "bx" constants

    When converting a C routine to calculate hash values, the original C code initialised constants with "unsigned" hex constants. PL/I does have them, but when trying to use signed fixed bin variables, the resulting code did not compile. It would be ...
    3 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Introduce new extension, .spcbl, and potentially a new boolean variable. ${IS_SP}, to be used in DBB and other DevOps products for Cobol Stored Procedures.

    Currently there is no easy way to determine if a Cobol program is a Cobol Batch program or a Cobol Stored Procedure. Since they have different compiler options, it is important to be able to indicate to DBB and other DevOps tools which one - Cobol...
    3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

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