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Japanese CodePage IBM-1390/1399 support

For IDz V15 and earlier, we can use the Japanese code page IBM-1390/1399 with code conversion for text data when accessing resources on z/OS such as MVS datasets and Unix file systems from IDz client. But for IDz 16, we can not set IBM-1390/1399 f...
3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Delivered

IDz. Better distribution of UserBuild and Local Property Groups configs.

Currently in IDz, the configurations of DBB UserBuild and the Local Property Groups can not be distributed to the developers via P2C, so they would need to set those configuraitons manually. Performing this configuration is out of the scope of the...
7 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 2 Delivered

IDZ : Make remote property groups support local copybook resolution.

In IDZ 15, for Cobol: You can set local folder for copybook resolution in a Remote Property Group. But these folder are in facted never used. Only PDS set in Remote Property Group are used. Local Property Group support local folder. The goal of th...
9 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 2 Delivered

Specify a custom Db2 for z/OS connection name

Currently, when a connection to a Db2 subsystem is created it only specifies the host name and LOCATION. From my experience, developers don't know the LOCATION but only the common name of the subsystem. It would be nice if developers could specify...
10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Delivered

IDz Host Connection Emulator (HCE) with Auto-Connect

To be able to implement "auto-connect" on HCE (like we can do on PCOM) for users who have automatic management of their account (and password)
11 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 1 Delivered

Improve documentation for Code Review JCL: AKGCR

For customers using z/OS Source Code Analysis. They can use the Code Review (CR) features on both the client and host. The documentation is geared towards customers who are setting this up on the client side. For customers setting this up on the h...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Documentation 2 Delivered

Key Mapping augmentation

Please consider allowing for mapping of PF13 - PF24 in the RCE. Today, only PF1-PF12 are able to be mapped.
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 2 Delivered

CARMA element history should show the source PDS library

CARMA element history not showing the source PDS library from where the element was moved to Endevor using CARMA. However in 3270 Endevor shows the PDS name form element moved for each version whne give line command M in front of element or partic...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Enter button hasn't expected effect on a files selection in z/OS project view

The previous fix provided by IBM (in zExplorer 3.1 et 3.2 december 2020) does'nt work in z/OS project view. It only had been fixed in remote systems view. The development team considere TS011260613 as a enhancement request. Can you please make the...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Make new setting under IDz/RCE preferences for Remote Connection Emulator to be able to run from defined place instead of default AppData folder

During an exploration of new Remote Connection Emulator within iDz 15.0.5 we found that implementation of this solution is based on AppData folder, where if RCE is to be started, binary program of RCE executable (s3270 binary program) is getting l...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Delivered