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PL/I to support multithreading under 64-bit

PL/I needs to support multithreading under 64-bit. Actually, when a multithreaded application executes a LP(64) PL/I program, it always works the first time, but afterward any subsequent call can fail if not run from the same thread. From the inve...
about 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Compiler warning for active CICS HANDLE CONDITION on exit from procedure

If a procedure establishes a CICS HANDLE CONDITION but returns before doing an IGNORE CONDITION, the raising of a subsequent condition may result in an attempt to transfer control to the now inactive procedure. This leads to "unpredictable results...
about 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Quick Fix not available in the RDz Editor for COBOL.

We try to use Quick Fix function to resolve warnings and errors in the editor but it's not available.
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Allow third party Service Provider interface to set System of Record Data

Customers of monitoring products like OMEGAMON for JVM want to be able to monitor API connections to third party service providers like DVM. The public third party Service Provider interface does populate any of the SoR fields for SMF or intercept...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Give customers the option to activate the LE Langage Environment per configuration in IMS-connect

We implemented our ims-connect exits in Cobol, so we had to initialize the LE environment in the init phase.As the assembler skill is shrinking in the company, we try to eliminate as far as possible self-written assembler routines It makes also se...
over 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

DB2 SQL run in eclipse are limited to eclipse buffers, add option to send output to file outside of eclipse.

When running a DB2 Script, there is a limit for output records. If the number is to high we get a warning. give us the ability, instead of a number of records limit allow us to give a file name out on our drive where the file will be written direc...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

special non-IBM Enterprise COBOL statement

Compile of program was successful but using RDZ it got parsing errors
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 3 Not under consideration

Panel modification

When a user logs into SuperSession for the first time they are prompted to supply personal information; specifically their Name, Location, Phone, and Other. I would like to modify the panel to change "Location" to "Department".I would also like th...
about 5 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Create/update DVSVC000 at IMS control region start

IMS should create the DFSVC000 member at a cold start. or IMS should override the IMS ID from the Sysgen process in the DFSVC000 member with the IMSID provided in the DFSPBxxx member at a cold start.
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Add support of assigning all values to a defined structure at once

We would like to be able to assign all values to a defined structure at once. So we would like to get the use of the VALUE function enhanced in assignments like shown below.
almost 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Not under consideration

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