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endevor association does not work correectly with CICS BMS Maps.

I was told that this needed to be an RFE. When a program is associated with Endevor it does not process propority groups correctly. I have a CICS program that has maps. The system associates or pulls in the copy of the bms code before the map is c...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

RAA - DIAGRAMS - STEP OPTION

When SVG was being used, there was an option to view a batch job diagram in steps. This was extremely useful in terms of viewing and printing steps individually. Printing the entire graph was not available when using SVG or now. Add an option to s...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

RAA - DELETION OF CICS DATA STORES

A CICS file was accidetnally defined to a region in RAA. There is no option to delete as there is to delete a program, copy member, etc... It is not user friendly to delete an entire CICS region defined in RAA and redefine it to remove a resource.
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

PL1&Cobol template formatting

In the new Cobol & PL1 editors, the templates you can access , either through "surround with" or by ctrl+space does not respect the capitalization rules in preferences/cobol(or PL1)/editor/formatter.Content assist does. So your only option is ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Future consideration

Make RDz cient web based

The RDz client is a thick client which needs to be installed on the windows platform. Make the RDz client avaialble as a web application.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

'Apply patch' option should be removed from z/OS projects

Under 'Team' I can select 'Apply Patch'. This only applicable to CVS projects. Please remove or disactivate this option for z/OS projects.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Support for RDz (HLL/WB) COBOL Compiler on Windows 7 until 2012 4Q End

?Our?Requirement?Support for RDz (HLL/WB) COBOL Compiler on Windows 7 until 2012 4Q End.This target date is TOKIO Marine's requirement.?Reasons?We know the current strategy for local testing is to take advantage of the new RDz Unit Test. In fact, ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

FM - using arrows to move across the dataset

Currently arrows work only withing a field (cell). In order to move across the dataset you need to use mouse. You should be able to use arrows to go from column to column, record to record.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

LPEX member compare should be more eclipselike

LPEX editor's member compare is completely useless. The only possibility is to compare a opened member against a local file.Why can't we compare two remote files, let's say a development version against a production version?And the look and feel o...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

'Support Error Feedback' contradictory messages

When I use ELAXFCOP PROC and check 'Support Error Feedback' box, the message tell me that operation can not be performed because error feedback is not supported when either the DB2 pre-compiler or CICS translator option is set. But when I deselect...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

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