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Host Connection emulator - add error message when connection to host fails

You have a status message - connection to host failed'. This is a request to add an error message indicating WHY connection failed.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

Simplifying Watch breakpoints

When creating a watch breakpoint, it should be extracting, or by default know which variable I have marked, and suggest it by default.One way to do it, could be to default extract the selected variable name into the expression field. The attachmen...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Delivered

Comment and Uncomment a block of Code snippet in JCLs and Procs

Can we comment and Uncomment a block of Code snippet in JCLs and Procs, as we do the same thing for COBOL programs in COBOL Editor through command [CTRL+/]. Since JCLs and Procs open in LPEX Editor by default. So Can this feature be added in the L...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

On RD/z 8.5, customers want to print the output (marked red or green) executing "code coverage" function.

On RD/z 8.5, customers want to print the output (marked red or green) executing "code coverage" function. It is difficult that code coverage won't finish 100% only one time.Usually, code coverage will execute many times until finished.So, it must ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Add 'copy-paste' and 'print' features to program's 'Outline' view

Currently there is no way to copy into a dataset or print program's 'Outline'. I think this is an important feature. In analyzing large programs you may want to have 'outline' on a piece of paper or in a document, so you can add your comments or u...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

RSE 'Compare with each other' - ignore 'all blank' lines

In RSE I select two programs and select 'compare with each other' feature. The tab opens up with results. There are spaces on the right and on the left on different lines. This is request to ignore lines that are all blanks.
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Delivered

Debug plug-in view number of times paragraph is executed

Would like to be able to view the number of times a paragraph has been executed in IBM debugger.
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

RAA and RDZ/RAA graphs - printing

A printing option is needed. Graphs can be very large and it would be helpful to be able to enlarge the graphs and print in a readable format. This would apply to RAA or the RDZ/RAA plugin.
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

RAA and RDZ/RAA graphs - navigating

Graphs produced from within RAA or from RDZ RAA plugin can be very large. The little box on the bottom right is not helpful because the graph can be so large nothing can be seen in the box. Regardless of that, it would be extremely helpful and con...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Delivered

In RDz version 8.0.3, inline macros being flagged as invalid. These are valid and should be not be flagged as errors.

In RDz version 8.0.3, Assembler macros must be defined in either the base or user macro file so that the programs that use them will not flag as an error. This process does not take into account inline macros and they are being flagged as invalid....
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

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