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RDz DB2 10/11 support of Timestamp precision

RDz's COBOL Editor does not know the DB2 10/11 syntaks for DCLGEN constructs for Timestamp with precision. DB2 10 introduced TIMESTAMP with the precision from 0 - 12, where the default is 6. The COBOL editor report errors when precision is declare...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Fixed width font for Menu Manager output in dialog.

When showing the 'output in dialog' from an action in Menu Manager, the default font spacing is variable depending on the character. This causes headings to be misaligned over the columns of results. Any of these solutions (in order of preference)...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Adding filter groups to the remote system explorer view

It would be nice if you could add an additional level to the tree in the remote system explorer view. A user generated grouping of filters. I use filters to collect all the datasets I need for a specific task or project. That could result in a ver...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Delivered

Show Expanded Source must support EXEC SQL INCLUDE dclgencopybook ...

The 9.1.1 feature "Show Expanded Source" - is an excellent solution to a perennial request. However, since it does not support EXEC SQL INCLUDE statements - it falls far short - when working with DB2 programs - since the convention in most DB2 sho...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Refresh ALL Copy Members

In RDz v9, the Local syntax check functionality was officially deprecated. IBM recommends using the real time syntax check instead. But the deprecated "Local syntax check" was useful to refresh modified dependencies: for example, if copybooks refe...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Delivered

Support for INSTREAM DDs in the User Build function (RTC Integration Feature)

The User Build feature provided by the RTC Integration feature currently lacks support for INSTREAM DDs. As RTC itself supports INSTREAM DDs in their translators, it would be great to have that feature in the User Build too.
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

Usage of JesJobUtil (callback support)

We would like a callback mechanism when submitting JCL jobs from the Java API. It's not included in the product according to documentation: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQ2R2_9.1.1/com.ibm.ftt. api.resource. doc/javadoc/reference...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

Mappage des touches clavier

Dans l'?cran pr?f?rences, touches, on peut exporter la configuration des touches (bouton Exporter). Mais on ne trouve pas la possibilit? de r?-importer une configuration export?e (aucun bouton Importer).
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

When comparing two remote ASM files, margins should be ignored.

Developer should be able to compare two remote pds members containing assembler code even if one or both members have margins. This functionality already exists for COBOL and JCL Editors (see RFE 17504)
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

Show the length of a cobol variable or group

It would be good to find the size of a cobol working storage entry somewhere. For example in the tool tip. Or in the data elements table. Or in a new view. Sometimes it is neccessary to count the number of bytes used for a variable. This is easy f...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

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