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RDz projects should not disappear from user workspace when resources are moved by the source management application

The following text is taken from the IBM answer in PMR 08907,300,624 Currently RDz has no way of knowing what happened to the files when they are moved by a different application and so we remove the reference from our subprojects. We can look int...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Automate Population of zOS Properties

RDz needs a wizard where the user specifies a job output residing in JES where the data sets required for zOS properties are identified and populated into a new Property Group or an existing property group.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Not under consideration

Need easy way to enter some data in hex on expression of breakpoints

When entering data in the EXPRESSION field on the optional parameters panel for a BREAKPOINT I don't have an easy way of entering just one byte of a 20 byte value that is a non displayable hex value. Say I want the expression to be: CARD="ALL CHAR...
about 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 6 Not under consideration

Carma, retrieve component using Extract to... gets the extension of the Endevor type instead of the PDS type

Carma, retrieve component using Extract to... gets the extension of the Endevor type instead of the PDS type The problem is that the developer can not properly use extensions.A retrieved component from Carma using Extract to... does not have the e...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Provide GUI screen showing all ports that may be configured along which one have been configured

I would like to see a single screen available that lists all ports that can be configured, along with which ones have values assigned coupled with an explanation alongside of the use of that port. This screen should preferably allow the change of ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

SQL and XQuery Builder : better support of Spuffi editing

When editing an SQL file coming from a PDS (LRECL 80) with SQL and XQuery Editor, there is no message preventing you that you exceed the column 80.It could be useful to set a preferences to limit to a specific size, to show a limit line, maybe to ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

RD/z workspace is destroyed when ctrl-alt-del

Sometimes RD/z Windows client tries to do something that causes a hang with an hour-glass cursor. It may remain an hour-glass for a few minutes or forever. Customers then do ctrl-alt-del to break out of it. There is a good chance that they have ju...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

LPEX Editor REXX Highlighting for functions is wrong

LPEX marks user-written procedure/functions in REXX the same way like keywords and built-in functions. This should not happen. Following solution proposal:All self-defined functions will be highlighted by a different highlight option and all built...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

Provide a row/column filter for the Table Editor in the Data Perspective

Most user testing DB2 tables contain well over 100,000 rows, and often 40 --> 200 columns. This make sthe Table Editor very much less useful. Many companies have clamored for this - as they feel the Data Perspective is a very useful part of RDz...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

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over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration