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Rdz/SCLM perspective: Allow submission of long running tasks to be executed in the background

As per suggested by Franka and Edwin, at the SCLM Perspective, offer the option to choose a "Backgound execution" for: Refresh Project Filtered View Syntax Check - Remote Refresh Dependencies (this option submit a Syntaxe Check - Remote, however t...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

WSDL first-support for PL/1 and IMS using RD/z

Credit Suisse would like to be able to create from a WSDL file: (1) Web service providers (i.e. IMS Inbound), and (2) Web Service Requesters (i.e. IMS Callout). In order to support creation of these two types of applications, IBM Rational Develope...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 4 Delivered

Bold capability in LPEX

Bold capability missing in --> Preferences --> LPEX Editor --> parsers --> parser style. There are 4 check buttons: underline, squiggle, strikeout, outline. Cust would like a Bold one.
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

Shortcut for submit to host

When editing a JCL deck in LPEX a right click includes the submit function. Further submit can be issued from the command line.What is needed is a shortcut for issuing this command.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

I would like to have a performance enhancement when using the Content Assist in the RDz LPEX Editor

At this moment (RDz 7.5.0.1) the Content Assist (CA) within the LPEX Editor reparses part of the declaration area in PL/I programs whenever something is changed in that area. Depending on the size of the program and the location where the CA is ac...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Customizing Content Assist Suggestions

When I enter an if Statement, content assist suggests: IFIF--ELSEIF--THEN-ELSE We would like to change the suggestion to: IF THENDO;END;ELSEDO;END;
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

Handling the pseudo SO/SI characters in error messages in Problem view

We would like RDz to handle the pseudo SO/SI characters in error messages in Problem view. There is a following problems. Problem: Error Message is not displayed in Remote Error List view if DBCS is included in error message. (DBCS is padded with ...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Add OPTIONAL command for the annotation support

The annotation support in bottom up web service generation allows three actions currently: Include, Exclude and rename elements. We are requesting another annotation to mark an element as optional. This will take the same syntax as the include or ...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 4 Delivered

avoiding full SYSLIB configuration in RDZ client for local

We have found that we must configure our SYSLIB definition in the RDZ Property Group to resolve PL/1 %INCLUDE dependencies, even though the "Refresh dependencies" action is able to download these copybooks to the client. We have the particular sit...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Syntax check on BMS edit

customer has Rational Developer for System z 7.5. He is creating a bms. He add a map to an existing mapset. To do this he select in the pallete the map field and drag it into the mapset. He saved it, then compile it and receive an error. This was ...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered