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Add new RCE screen resolution 63x162

Currently the RCE screen resolution options do not include an entry for 63X162 as it did for prior versions of the Host emulator in IDz. Please add this resolution to future release of IDz or provide the ability to choose a custom resolution optio...
8 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 3 Submitted

Add new feature to highlight cobol code beyond 80 column or show warning in editor and also editor in built decide maximum file length maximum based on pds member property

Add new feature to highlight cobol code beyond 80 column or show warning in editor and also editor in built decide maximum file length maximum based on pds member property. Currently if cobol code having 80 length opened editor it allows to type c...
about 8 hours ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

Add Visual and Logical Text Layer in DB2 properties for IDz 16.x

Hi, For Hebrew users (or other languages that write from right to left), there is a need to read the SQL results in Visual Text Layer, otherwise the data is displayed in reverse order. We can't find the Text Layer option on Default BiDi Settings i...
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

Add SQL query, statement and result in the same view and give the option to copy to text.

Data Studio used to have this option and it is helpful for developers if they need help from another to be able to copy the SQLCODE and ERROR from a run.
8 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Submitted

Possibility to define a property group by default

Hi, It would be useful to have the option to define a property group by default for all imported z/OS projects. Today our developers must select each project and associate it with the property group that we want. An action that can be easily autom...
19 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 0 Submitted

Cobol syntactic analyzer to handle multiple ENTRY statements

Any ENTRY statement in a Cobol program is detected by the syntactic analyzer as unreacheable code when previous code contains a GOBACK. However, a program with an entry doesn't necessarily begin from the PROCEDURE DIVISION. Any ENTRY can be used a...
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

Line Truncation Warning

Hi friends. When there are some lines in a cobol program that exceed the maximum line length a dialog can be displayed to warn the user. But, there is NO option to know WHICH lines are the ones that exceed this line length? Sometimes is very diffi...
28 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

CARMA Hyperlink to DSN from PRINT ELEMENT

Currently when a request is made to PRINT ELEMENT and RUN IN FOREGROUND is selected the user is presented with the results and a Target DSN . There is no facility to either click on a hyperlink for the DSN nor even copy the DSN.
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 0 Submitted

Support GitHub Copilot Eclipse plugin in IDZ

GitHub Copliot for Eclipse plugin required a minimum Eclipse 4.33 version, but in the latest IDZ v17 it is still running on Eclipse 4.31. https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/github-copilot It would be very useful for IDZ to support GitHub Copi...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / All components 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...
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Submitted

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