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Filterstrings in remoteview

MVS filterstrings can not begin with "*" Example: *GCC.*.IDZ
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

IDz PL/I Editor

Requests with PL/I Editor
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

Possibility to add Menu Manager written functions to the "tool bar" at the top

Possibility to add Menu Manager written functions to the "tool bar" at the top .And to the favorit "bar"
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

HCE keyboard setup/mapping

Add a setting so that we can modify the keyaboard mapping more than exsiting today. For example "Attn", "Esc", "Enter", "New line" and more.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Copy row when editing DB2 table

Add a copy/repeat function to copy an existing row in a table when using the Data perspective to edit a table. Suggestion: Right-clicking on a row and have the option to Copy row.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

Multiple windows for SQL Results

When using the Data perspective to run SQL you have to independently click on the SQL results to view the result for each run in the right hand window. Suggestion would be to make it possible to break out each result into its own movable window, b...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

Add blocking of edition of the sequence number zone in Cobol editor

In COBOL Editor for edition of programs, it is impossible to inactivate the edition in the left sequence number zone (columns 1 to 7). This option exists in ISPF editor (TSO) and in LPEX editor (NUM COB).In Cobol Editor, even if we unnumber left (...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 6 Future consideration

splitt of a commentary line

When hitting "Retrurn" with the cursor in the middle of a commentary, the current line shall be splitted. The resulting new line should start with an * immediately followed by the text right of the original cursor position.
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Comments should never be moved right of column 72 when inserting new text or whitespaces in existing lines.

Comments should never be moved right of column 72 when inserting new text or whitespaces in existing lines. Lines should automatically be wrapped to new lines starting with an *.
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

Program code shall never be moved right of column 72

Program code shall never be moved right of column 72 when inserting new text or whitespaces in existing lines. If necessary, inserting shall be prevented.
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration