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RDz Expanding Snippet functionality

Snippets in RDz offers you the ability to include code templates with or withour variable substitution.Many code snippets requires code inserted in other sections of COBOL or/and could benefit from inline programming logic to make the snippets mor...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

warning for not being converted character

When client opens mainframe file, client converts SOSI character without any message. so, at that time, customer wants to get warning message of automatic "SOSI" conversion.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

Combine COBOL outline view and preprocessor integration

The COBOL outline view is based on the content of the editor and not on the changes made by the preprocessor integration. That results in a very confusing and long outline view when (for example) the DIVISION statements are generated by the prepro...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Incomplete ToolTip for a Cobol-group-variable in the Cobol Editor

In the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION you define a group variable. This variable has many (more than 8) members in the group. For example: 1 DLI-FUNK. 2 GU-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GU". 2 GN-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GN". 2 GNP-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GNP". 2 GHU-FKT P...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Flagging Changed Lines in Cobol Editor

In the LPEX Editor you are able to select "Start Flagging Changed Lines" to autocomment lines you edit. This feature is missing in the Cobol editor but would be very useful.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Position of the preprocessor options in the context menus of cobol and lpex editors

The integration of the preprocessor is in the LPEX in the context menu. But in the Cobol editor it is hidden under Souce. Please present the options at the same postitions in the context menus. I do not care where. But it should be equal.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Base the outline view on the cobol ast

All the nice features included in the Cobol editor work based on the AST. Except one. The outline view is based on the contents of the editor. We have used the precompiler extension to correct the AST including our Cobol makros into the editor. Al...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Add a bookmark with a double click in the Cobol editor

In the LPEX editor you are able to add a bookmark with a double click on the column on the left side of the editor. You are not able to do that in the Cobol editor. Why not? When you do a double click in the cobol editor nothing happens.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

RDz should not close all my windows(Edit session of remote files) when my remote system connection lost

RDz is closing all my windows when Remote system connection lost. This was changed RDz 9.0 version onwords. Earlier it used to work fine.There was a design change from RDz 9.0.1 on words.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Preference for blocking line length in PL1 and Cobol editor

We have some developers, which have a challenge some times they by accident add to much text to the lines, and when saving, it's truncated, since our Libarian/Endevor source repository only saves the first 80 columns of the source. If would be nic...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

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