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Deinstallation of IBM Installaion Manager products doesn't clean up the package group directories

After deinstalloation of IBM Installaion Manager products, the package group directories are not deleted. This is the same behaviour with all Software installed by Installation Manager and therefore seems to be a Problem with the Installation Mana...
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Pop-up / alert message when JES job completes

Would like some form of notification (pop-up) when job completes. May be configurable to pop up or not.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

DB2 SQL run in eclipse are limited to eclipse buffers, add option to send output to file outside of eclipse.

When running a DB2 Script, there is a limit for output records. If the number is to high we get a warning. give us the ability, instead of a number of records limit allow us to give a file name out on our drive where the file will be written direc...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Recognize boolean data element in COBOL editor

Recognize boolean data element in COBOL editorPlease see attached file for details
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Find changed lines in LPEX EDITOR

LPEX EDITOR automatically flags changes lines with a purple mark on the left of the line.After making some changes to my program, I want to review all of them before saving the file.Is there a way to have a list of all the current changes, or at l...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

add move command for members of libraries

When moving a member from a library to another using RDz (RemoteSystemsView or z/OSProjectsView), you have to copy the file and delete if afterwards. It would be useful to have a move/cut command for files.
about 7 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

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

Universal compare for many types of data

This RFE is about an universal compare. Something like "select first item" and "select second item" and when both are selected a compare is started comparing this two items.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Add code review rules to IDZ to help with Syntax Check with migration to COBOL6

Add these 4 code review rules to IDZ to help with Syntax Check with migration to COBOL6:1. Zeroth occurrence is referred in the array2. Non numeric data to numeric fields. Move or condition check for Zone decimal fields against non-numeric data ca...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration