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    Add auto-completion for structures when using header files (C/C++)

    When developping in C langage, the auto-completion is useful because it allows you to find the correct variable/function. However, when using a header file (example : #include "testpgmc.h") the auto-completion is not working but it is working when...
    6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Under review

    Allow specification of region type in IMS command - UPDATE PGM NAME(*) START(REFRESH)

    Currently when we promote programs we stop and start all our message regions. Doing a UPDATE PGM NAME(*) START(REFRESH) returns a return code of 8 due to - CC 48 NOT ALLOWED FOR IMS RESOURCE. This means we would not be able to setup alerting on th...
    almost 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Future consideration

    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...
    10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

    Cobol Editor BIDI support

    Currently BIDI customers use mostly LPEX editor. The COBOL editor BIDI support is minimal and is not sufficient. It is required in order to allow BIDI customersa) enjoy from COBOL editor features b) allow BIDI customer to upgrade to future IDz rel...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

    Support product enablement and disablement via IFAPRDxx for IMS

    In our environment we use IMS and MQ only on specific LPARs. If we could disable them on the LPAR we are not licensed we could avoid licensing issues in case of a user error.
    8 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components 0 Under review

    IBM Z Open Editor supports pseudo-SO/SI characters

    Hello, Please consider functional improvements with regard to IBM Z Open Editor (VSCode). We would like to provide pseudo-SO/SI characters which are inserted for DBCS text so that record length and column alignment are the same as on an EBCDIC sys...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

    Prevent IMS from Stopping when GOLC is not finished

    When Global Online Change is running and no commit was done, IMS could be stop by operator (or System Automation) without kwnowing a GOLC is running.If it is the last IMS shutdown, we have for restarting to unlock the OLCSTAT file. To prevent this...
    3 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Under review

    Enable Cancel Client ID option in IMS TM Resource Adapter

    TMRA allow 'Dedicated persisten sockets' which customer can manage ClientID name by application itself.However, If the connection is lost between ICON and TMRA, and it is due to firewall of netowrk device in between. This leaves the TMRA applicati...
    6 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 0 Under review

    SMF Log Record for Accounting

    It would be great if IMS produced a record within SMF that can be shipped across to IntelliMagic Vision. Currently we need to ship both SMF, AND our BMC 59 record from the IMS logs over to Intellimagic. It would simplify the client's management of...
    9 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components 0 Under review

    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...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 5 Submitted

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