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Enhancement of PL/1 preprocessor

Two problems have been indentified in regards to the new hover information, added in RDz 8.5. When pointing at preprocessed pl/1 programs, the information is always correct. Please see the PMR for full details.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Outline possibility to hide procedure constructs ie. do, select and other?

From RDz 8.5 the outline view has been enhanced greatly, including a-z ordering, hide of different parts of the outline content(includes, labels etc.) however their exists no functionality which can hide the "program structures" elements. Looking ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Future consideration

RDZ 8.5.1.1 - Add to Overview Diagram - Filter Menu

The filters menu is not user friendly. For compartments, there is an ALL COMPARTMENTS. There should be an ALL SHOW option for (show data types, label, null, and foreign key). Also, the menu should not disappear when you select one of the show opti...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

CARMA packages - add 'Save' option

Right now it order to save a package, I need to close it. This is the only way to save it. 'Normally', I would right-click withing a file, opened for editing, and select 'Save'. This feature is absent. This is request to add it.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Context Menu Customization

Provide the ability to remove or inactivate selected options from the context menus.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Create 'Error list' for real-time check

The real-time check does not populate the error list. It just tag the affected lines. When you have many effected lines all you see is yellow areas on the right. Almost impossible to navigate.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

when compare is used, the print function is not available in v8.0.3

After creating a compare, the print function is not available in v8.0.3. I searched the RDz discussion forum on IBM's site and did not find anything. Ideally, we'd like a way to print the compare results for documentation. It would also be nice if...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Add user profile global parameter for filtering

enhancement to RDz to allow for the creation of a global parameter to the store RACF ID of the user in a profile that can then be changed in one place as opposed to forcing the user to go to each filter when they are using a template workspace tha...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Edition partielle de table DB2 impossible

La selection partielle de lignes d'une table DB2 en ?dition est impossible.TSO PST le permet.La seule possibilit? est d'utiliser SQL, mais ceci n'est pas s?curis? car on ne sait jamais par avance le nb de lignes qui vont ?tre modifi?es, au contrai...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Allow to import projects with 'existing' name.

You can not import a project if such a name 'exists' in the workspace. A few times my project was 'hidden' and I was not able to import from a different workspace. Basically, I suggest to treat projects the same way as files. Prompt if user wants ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration