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RDz Host Connection Emulator font type

We would like to set/change the RDz Host Connection Emulator font type.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Cross Reference in CARMA Endevor

We would like CARMA to enhance to support SEARCH (cross referencing) function, which could fulfill the following: - search a particular text phrase that appear in any elements in Endeovr (system specific) - search and return a list of element whic...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

RDz Should give a meaningfull message when problems are detected parsing XML files

Rational Developer for System z should give a meaningfull message when problems are detected parsing XML files. Technote 1635150 describes a case of a NullPointerException on a Remote Syntax Check where the starck trace tells us that the problem i...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

RDz: Fix Ctrl-Z "Undo" function

When using Ctrl-Z from withing the LPex editor the Undo function will cycle through previously undone changes, placing them back into the code. Original state... make change1...Ctrl-Z undoes change 1 and source is back to original state...make cha...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Cobol document generation

Currently, we have coding standards to ask the developer to write the enough comments in the program so that we can understand logic.In the Java world, there is a JavaDoc solution which have a set of rules and tools to generate the document for th...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

LPEX Editor Shortcuts preferences page

You can submit JCL within LPEX with Shortcut <cntl>+<i>. On RSE <cntl>+<alt>+<m> is the shortcut for submitting JCL. Please offer a preference page to edit the LPEX Key preferences/bindings.
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

RDz to support a property group configuration wizard

It is always a roadblock for users to adopt RDz due to property group setup. Without proper setup, user will missed out lot of good features such as syntax check, generate JCL, show dependency, etc. The current way to setup property group still re...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

In RDz, have the LPEX editor default to the ISPF profile

The default profile for LPEX is the lpex profile. For RDz, however, the lpex profile is rarely used, and most users need the ISPF profile by default. This would help increase the adoption rate by the user community. If this cannot be done, then RD...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

RDz: Bi-directional (BiDi) text is not taken into account in job output.

In RDz, use of Bi-Directional (BiDi) set of characters is not possible in the Job output. (Messages are returned from left to right while written right to left).
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Ability to access external help and update site through RDz by use of proxy script

Our users are not able to load the Help content or access the update site through RDz due to our environment which uses proxy script to access external site. The current roadblock delays our rollout plan of RDz to 400 other users. It is quite cumb...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration