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IBM Developer for z/OS

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Configuration file for P2 installations

I propose the inclusion of a configuration file for P2 installations which allows, for example: adding a z/OS connection by default which would allow me to distribute the tool to developers as an installation by Installation Manager allows.
7 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 0 Submitted

New configuration setting for the IDz GUI "z/OS UNIX Files" to restrict the recursive deletion of directories

With the IDz GUI “z/OS UNIX Files” it is easy to start a recursive deletion of Unix directories. IDz will give you a warning before. If you confirm the whole tree will be deleted. In native Unix System Services it is possible to use an alias for t...
21 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 0 Submitted

Remote C/C++ Editor Development

Users have been asking to have two vertical rulers in the C/C++ Editor : 1 line for the end of the code (at 72 characters) and 1 for the end of the program file (80 characters). Moreover, as for the COBOL editor, a ruler at the top of the C editor...
28 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Submitted

Make Temp datasets configurable

Hi, We found that while copying load modules from one PDS to another, IBM uses a standard temporary dataset format which is against our shop SMS rules. We found that there isn't a way to override the second and third nodes to confirm with inhouse ...
5 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / All components 0 Submitted

Allow Default 'My Datasets' filter to be customised

In remote systems explorer there is a default MVS Files filter - 'My Data Sets' - that is hardcoded as '<User ID>.*', and this cannot be changed. In our organisation that the standard HLQ for user datasets and so we need the ability to custo...
25 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 0 Submitted

We need the correct SYSLIB concatenation details in DBB UserBuild “Build Report” (IDZ).

We need the correct SYSLIB concatenation details in DBB UserBuild “Build Report” (IDZ). Now its showing nothing and developer need to open the .log file need to check and its very time consuming. Since IDZ knows that COPYBOOK is picking from the r...
16 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 0 Submitted

When we do DBB UserBuild in IDz, would like to select the respective “PROGRAM.cbl.properties” file from “properties” folder.

When we do DBB UserBuild in IDz, would like to select the respective “PROGRAM.cbl.properties” file from “properties” folder. This will help developers to save their tiem to search the individual artifact.properties.
16 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 0 Submitted

Automatic removal of USS user content uploaded by Dependency Base Build from IDz build process to avoid impact in further builds

We are starting to receive complaints from developers using IDz Dependency Base Build due to unexpected behaviors in their build processes. Those compains are related with the build process using different copybooks than the ones the developer con...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 0 Submitted

Provide License Strategy during installation for Value Unit Licensing (Host Based Licensing)

During installation of IDz the product defaults to using the Trial License and then allows for the setting of various license types. There is currently no setting for Value Unit Licensing (host based licensing) and if the trial license in effect f...
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 0 Submitted