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    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

    Support pointer as third argument in Builtin JSONPUTVALUE()

    PL/I compiler doesn't support pointer as third parameter in JSON built-in JSONPUTVALUE(). If possible - please add support for using pointer as first and third argument to JSON built-ins JSONPUTVALUE(), JSONPUTMEMBER, JSONGETVALUE and JSONGETMEMBER.
    5 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    Kerberos support for pcomm 3270 sessions

    For 5250 Sessions kerberos is implemented and available. Since we have customers running pcomm to connect to z-Series with 3270 sessions we would like to have kerberos support for the 3270 session types.
    over 9 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 3 Not under consideration

    Need PCOMM FTP to support implicit TLS (no AUTH TLS)

    Currently the PCOMM FTP client is only able to connect to a server that is configured for Explicit TLS (AUTH TLS) which starts with a non-secure connection then converts to a secure connection. Our site has a restriction that there should not be n...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 3 Not under consideration

    PCOMM to have mouse wheel customizeable

    It would be nice if users could configure the mouse wheel on PCOMM settings.This would allow for a way more dynamic scroll on z/OS syslog, netlog, dataset list, dataset contents, etc.Other 3270 emulators already do that and this would be a nice fe...
    over 7 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Not under consideration

    Unable to run FTP script in PComm

    Reflection allow users to invoke a script that contains native FTP commands. We have been unable to perform this functionality in PComm.
    almost 7 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Not under consideration

    Bug fix for hanging sessions

    Design change is needed to fix error (see PMR 69599 for details)
    over 9 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Not under consideration

    Add new RULES option for IBM2674I message, similar to RULES([NO]PADDING)

    Please add a new RULES option like [NO]UDSALIGN, similar to RULES([NO]PADDING), to control the IBM2674I message about the alignment of user defined structures: Under NOUDSALGIN, no IBM2674I message will be produced. Under UDSALIGN, IBM2674I messag...
    about 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    Be able to change margins in PCOMM

    We have users that are copying and pasting text to/from an CICS-application, but the almost missing margins make it harder. The margins are not always that small, it seems to happen with text. An example is the system log in SDSF in z/OS. Only the...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Not under consideration

    Allow the Use of default Session Template files

    With the focus on enhancing security we have enabled TLS on the server side (z/OS & IBM i systems). We would like to be able to have some session Link parameter defaults changed so that user created "New" sessions default to use TLS/992 instea...
    about 4 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 3 Not under consideration

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