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    Add support for Easytrieve dependancy discovery during IDz User Build Wizard

    Currently the IDz User Build Wizard only supports Enterprise Cobol and Enterprise PL/I include files. We would like to expand this functionality to support Easytrieve dependency discovery. There was an existing IBM Idea that was rejected in 2024 b...
    8 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

    Add support for Assembler dependancy discovery during IDz User Build Wizard

    Currently the IDz User Build Wizard only supports Enterprise Cobol and Enterprise PL/I include files. We would like to expand this functionality to support Assembler macro discovery. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/developer-for-zos/17.0?topic=zappbui...
    8 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 1 Planned for future release

    Enhance the DBB User Build Information popup

    When a user build finishes, IDz shows a popup window which states: "DBB User Build is complete for <name-of-the-source-file> Click Details to see the complete build log." This information doesn't provide any valuable information to the devel...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 1 Future consideration

    IBM z-open editor extension on Visual Studio Code support for C/C++

    Some users still use C/C++ in their shop. Adding C/C++ support in the IBM z-open editor extension will benefit with DBB.
    11 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build / VSCODE 1 Future consideration

    Make IBM Fault analyzer to work with BLKOFF option as well

    In our organization we have used BLKOFF as default option while compiling programs and now to introduce Fault analyzer its not an easy transition as by default we are not able to use the existing compile listing as side files. We have to re-compil...
    11 months ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Future consideration

    IDz DBB user build errs if the user log is deleted during the DBB User build dialog

    When running an IDz DBB user build, if the user's log file is deleted or removed, the build fails with org.eclipse.core.runtime.OperationCanceledException The design in the IDz DBB user build is to locate the log file when it is named in the dialo...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 1 Future consideration

    Improve to include a SEARCH facility to perform a member search. In critical in case we have 500+ elements for DBB

    Improve to include a SEARCH facility to perform a member search in situations where the customer needs to handle 500+ elements for DBB.
    over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 3 Future consideration

    FA Eclipse: Show variable content in Cobol Source

    I want to see the contents of working-storage/linkage variables in the opened Cobol source (e.g. with mouseover / hover-over) when using the Eclipse plugin for Fault Analyzer and open the programs source code
    over 4 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Fault Analayzer should be able to provide abended file and records involved in the abend

    When I open a fault analyzer report for abended job I want to get the file name and all the bad records information which causes the abend.
    over 8 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Have IDIS leave a re-usable ASID after it's stopped.

    Fault Analyzer's IDS STC leaves its ASID un-reusable. Modify IDIS to allow its address space to be reused.
    almost 4 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

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