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    Enterprise Cobol V6 - Suppress conflict between the DYNAM and CICS options

    The conflict between the DYNAM and CICS options could be resolved by implicitly introducing a compilation directive ">>CALLINTERFACE STATIC" before "EXEC CICS" and a compilation directive ">>CALLINTERFACE" after the "END-EXEC" clause. ...
    over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration

    CICS Explorer: Option to leave BATCHREP view open

    When using the new "Perform Batched Repository-Update Job Operation" it would be good to have an option to keep the window open in order to submit another request without having to "Definitions ->Submit Batch...." every time.
    over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Future consideration

    Improved storage usage when using moves to change encodings

    We are using the functions display-of and national-of to dynamically change between encodings. Like this: MOVE FUNCTION DISPLAY-OF ( FUNCTION NATIONAL-OF ( INPUT-DATA (1:INPUT-LENGTH), CHARSET-CCSID), 277) TO OUTPUT-DATA (1:EXPECTED-OUTPUT-LENGTH)...
    over 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 3 Future consideration

    Time Stamp Display Format (GMT/Local)

    We are requesting the ability to choose the display format of the Time Stamp in CICS Explorer - Completed Tasks to be either GMT or Local time. We would like to publish reports on Completed Task but with a Time Stamp "hard-coded" as GMT will confu...
    over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

    Host-variable in File Section : DSNH310I W with Db2 preprocessor (passing) vs IGYPS0231-S with integrated coprocessor (blocking)

    Hi, We study the transition from the Db2 preprocessor to the Db2 coprocessor integrated into the COBOL compiler. We come across cases of programs that use hosts-variables which are file record areas. The Db2 preprocessor simply emits a warning and...
    about 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 5 Not under consideration

    Make name of DLL generated for COBOL-Java ILC variable

    Fixed prefix LIB might not fit to naming conventions
    about 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Future consideration

    Enterprise Cobol - Reconciliation between Listing line number and Source line number

    We are in the process of deploying the implementation of a DevOps approach on the mainframe. In particular, we want to implement code coverage and unit test follow-ups (automated tests). Market tools, especially the SonarQube tool, work with the S...
    over 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

    Missing options in CICS Explorer for System Dump Codes

    CICS/TS 5.4 upwards have options DSPLIST (Data Space List) and JOBLIST (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSGMCP_5.4.0/reference/commands-spi/dfha8_setsysdumpcode.html) which have also been added to the CICSPlex SM base table (https://www.ibm.com/docs/e...
    over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

    Enterprise Cobol V6+ - Disable RULES controls locally

    Hi, The RULES compilation option allows to perform compile-time checks on the proper use of data formats. We have activated the RULES compilation option to educate our developers on the proper use of data formats, and we are satisfied with it. How...
    over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 4 Future consideration

    Improve Enterprise COBOL 5/6 performance in high volume CICS transaction environments

    Enterprise COBOL 5/6 includes a completely rewritten "back end" that generates high performance object code. It's "claim to fame" is the significant performance improvements it offers customers. However, those performance improvements are only ava...
    over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

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