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Use %userprofile% instead of %userdocuments%\.. for creating needed directories

RDz creates an .eclipse folder for default configuration at %userdocuments%\.., which is bad in our case because %userdocuments% points on a networkshare. Windows created an evironment variable for that, called %userprofile%, which should be used ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

IDz PL/I Editor

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

BIDI support for System z Data Editor"

there is no bidi support for RDZ Data Editor
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Whitespace compare editor ignore even inside language literal

See PMR for full description.<br />Basically the problem is that if a developer have added for instance a space inside a string, it will still be ignore by the compare editor, if there has been checked for ignore whitespace etc.<br />&...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Future consideration

Database Development - Exporting SQL results into .xls file instead of .cvs

When I export SQL results, one of the options is to export into .cvs file. As soon as I open this file in Windows Excel and modify, I am being prompted to convert it into .xls file in order to save all functionality. Why not to export into .xls fi...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

Search for hex timestamp in load modules w/in RDz

Need to be able to search for DB2 timestamps in zOS load modules while browsing the load module in RDz on the workstation. Currently this is not possible due to lack of support for search with host code page
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Not under consideration

Feature to create a new 'Packages list' should be added to 'CA Endevor Packages' container instead of existing view

Currently to create a new 'Packages List' view, I need to right-click on existing list. This looks as if I am trying to create a view within a view. This is request to add this feature to 'CA Endevor Packages' container, not 'Packages list' contai...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Unable to delete 'Packages list' when this is the only filter

The 'delete' option is grayed out when there is only one filter called 'Packages list'. This seems to be strange. When multiple filters exist this works for every filter except for the last one. It seems to be logical to be able to delete filter y...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Add drop-down for CARMA target remote location

This is request to add drop-down feature when selecting a target location for CARMA remote extract.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Sub-projects associated with CARMA - 'Extract to', 'Retrieve from Endevor' options

From a CARMA-associated project I can select two options - Extract to Remote project and Team Retrieve from Endevor. If you select any of these options, RDz asks you if you want to override the member. The connection is 'backward'. Extract/Retriev...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

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