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IBM Developer for z/OS

Allow -o option to extract the tar archive with the running user as file owner

In wazideploy-generate the tar archive is currently extracted without using the -o option. This means that the file owner will be kept as it was when the package was build.When a different user is used for the deployment than the user that is runn...
2 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy Submitted

Implement support for --dependencyFile in zapp.yaml for Assembler Programs

Currently when you use VS Code with the zapp.yaml parameter "--dependencyFile ${dependencyFile}" on a Assembler build, the following error is generated and the build stops. This request is to have Assembler support when using --dependencyFile. CRR...
9 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Submitted

Improve handling of EBCDIC code page IBM-930 for remote preprocessor output member naming in IBM Z Open Editor

a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } When using the remote preprocessor feature in IBM Z Open Editor with source files encoded in IBM-930, an issue occurs wit...
11 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Submitted

Bidi / RTL Support in VS Code for Mainframe Members

I would like to request Bidi (bi-directional) / RTL support when editing mainframe members in VS Code. Currently, Hebrew text is displayed incorrectly (reversed).This issue does not occur in: 3270 terminal or IBM Developer for z/OS (IDz) on Eclips...
10 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Submitted

We suggest that VTAM startup process continues even if one major node with error couldn't work properly.

During an IPL, VTAM stopped the initialization when it found a node syntax error at ATCCONxx member. In this case, the error occurs on the last node that was with a comma by mistake. My suggestion is if there is a syntax error and you get the 'ERR...
2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development Submitted

option to always check "Discover the pending changes to load for building x" in User Build

When opening the User Build dialog, we see an option on the second page called "Discover the pending changes to load for building x".We would like a preference to set the default value of this option, so that when the preference is true, this "dis...
8 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown Submitted

Support for Endevor Processor Group Steps with SYSTSPRT/SYSTSIN Allocation via Execute Package Command

In the IBM Developer for z/OS (IDz) CARMA Endevor integration, CA Endevor® processor group steps that allocate SYSTSPRT or SYSTSIN datasets currently fail with allocation errors when executed in foreground mode or through the execute package comma...
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration Submitted

Remove password requirement for zCodescan cli running on z/OS

zCodescan cli requires today config file that includes password information. This is not recommended solution by our security department when running cli on z/OS. Preferably implement solution not requiring passwords running zCodescan locally on z...
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer Submitted

Need support for editing DBCS members where one or both SO/SI are missing

When source code members miss one or both SO/SI characters (x'0E or x'0F) then IDz on VS code and Eclipse fail to edit them or display them as read only. Customers need to be able to edit and save them to MVS.
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors Submitted

zCodeScan False Positive in CheckSqlcodeAfterExecSqlRule when SQLCODE is validated using EVALUATE TRUE

zCodeScan currently raises the CheckSqlcodeAfterExecSqlRule warning when SQLCODE is validated using an: EXEC SQL … END-EXECEVALUATE TRUE WHEN SQLCODE … Although this is valid and commonly used COBOL logic, the rule does not recognize this pattern ...
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer Submitted

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