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COBOL Editor Double Click on spaces should mark all spaces

In the COBOL Editor a Double Click into spaces (between two non-space characters) should mark all those spaces so you can select and e.g. delete them.
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Counting characters numbers in LPEX editor

Cannot count real byte numbers when the DBCS data is encoded by UTF-8 within LPEX editor.
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 7 Delivered

Allow Property Group SYSLIB to contain dataset aliases

Allow Property Group SYSLIB field to include aliases
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 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

Eclipse Code Coverage hookin/API support

- Can't find DebugTool in products overview - please reassign.- This description is mainly thought for DTCN interface, but possibly this could also apply to DTSP. Today there is limited support for getting code coverage from eclipse platform when ...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

RDz Code Checker - Result File in common standard syntax

The Result File Syntax of the RDz Code Checker is proprietary. Please change it to a common standard like JUnit XML.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

Scan compatibility for dynamic calls

We would like to use the option of compatibility to check the length of the communication zone betwwen a program and a subprogram is the same. It works fine for static calls ( e.g : CALL 'TESTCOUS' USING...) but not for the dynamic calls (e.g : MO...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 6 Delivered

MFS preference default checked

We would like to have the MFS preference checked by default instead of the current unchecked. SeeTS003108877
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Copy a PDS by drag and drop

When we copy a sequential Dataset with a "drag and drop", everything is OK. When we try to copy a PDS by "drag and drop", we get an "invalid transfert operation" message : this action should work corectly.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 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

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