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Allow selective download of specific PDS/PDSE members from the Zowe Resources Table View

Currently, when browsing a PDS or PDSE library in the Z/OS Resources Table View of Zowe Explorer for VS Code, users can view the full list of members and the UI already supports multi-selection via checkboxes. However, despite the selection capabi...
24 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Future consideration

Empty <PROGRAM> tag in VS Code remote preprocessor XML when editing remote dataset members

When Z Open Editor invokes a remote preprocessor script (e.g. FEKRNPLI) via RSE while editing a remote dataset member, the tag in the XML written to the temp dataset is empty. The preprocessor REXX has no way to identify the input source member to...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Future consideration

Need "Locate member" function in Z Open Editor

When users use the "Search PDS Members" function in Z Open Editor for VS Code, it is slower than the "Locate" command in iDZ (Eclipse). For example, in a dataset with over 1,000 members, the search scans the entire dataset for the search keyword a...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Future consideration

Improve Timeout Error messages on VSCode

While retrieving dataset members, if the operation exceeds the timeout period, the logs displayed in VS Code do show an error. However, they do not clearly indicate that the failure is specifically caused by a timeout. Instead, they only show the ...
3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Future consideration

Automatically clear IBM User Build console output when starting a new user build in IDz on VS Code

z/OS application developers moving from IDz (Eclipse) to IDz on VS Code are accustomed to the console log for IBM User Build automatically clearing between user build runs. In IDz on VS Code, the developer must now manually click to clear the log ...
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Future consideration

Implement support for EXEC SQL INCLUDE in HLASM for VS CODE

The VS Code HLASM extension currently does not support assembler programs that use EXEC SQL INCLUDE. As a result, DBB fails because the SQL include files are not being uploaded to MVS, preventing DBB from processing them. The includes are also not...
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Future consideration

Automated check of RSEAPI host component version level

IBM Developer for z/OS on VS Code should automatically check the RSEAPI host component version level and validate if it is on a supported level. For example when the user is on the Welcome Page, in the prerequisites section: In case RSEAPI is dete...
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Future consideration

IBM z-open editor extension on Visual Studio Code support for C/C++

Some users still use C/C++ in their shop. Adding C/C++ support in the IBM z-open editor extension will benefit with DBB.
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build / VSCODE Future consideration

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