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MFS editor, changes in design view should be propagated in source view

A MFS format definition contains 4 parts: . EQU . format (FMT) . input msg . output msg So far, changing a field's length from the Design view changes the field's length in the format (FMT) only, not in the input or output msgs. The changes should...
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

RDz/JES should implement cancel+keep (EJES K)

the customer is using EJES from Phoenix Software international, an alternate product to SDSF. it implements the function K (cancel+keep the report).The customer would like to have this function implemented in RDz/JES
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

We have a need for Linux based RD/z

Software developers here will be getting RD/z on their development PCs soon. Another issue for us is that our DR site has only Linux workstations and therefore, currently, has no way of hosting RD/z. So, for us to implement RD/z fully, we would ne...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 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...
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

LPEX REXX Parser should handle DO & END Block as Matchable Bracket

In a REXX source, if I position myself on a DO keyword and issue CTRL+M (i.e. Matchable Construct) within RDz Z/OS LPEX the DO-END block is not recognized. Such it's quite difficult to recognize corresponding DO/END's. We consider this a REXX Pars...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Display x'E0' as '\'(won)

This provides a new Lpex action call insertWon. To test the new function, bind the new action to the "backSlash" key in Preferences
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Extend Menu Manager to allow the use of application-related global variables

Similar to the capability provided in SPF to store profile variables, Menu Manager should be extended to provide similar functionality. This could allow parameters to be retained between sessions.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 10 Not under consideration

Link instructions should support the use of comments (*)

To increase flexibility, link instructions should allow the use of * (= comment) in column 1.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

Extend CARMA to allow the user-written RAM to supply displayed parameters

Currently, the generated dialogs use either previously-entered values (retained between sessions) or nelyy values. In some cases it would be desirable to set the default (displayed) value based on the selected entry. For example, when a check-out ...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Help search should be improved to return better (collated) results

In some cases the Help search does not return help pages that contain the specified search term. The returned items should be better weighted according to their relevance.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

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