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System z Data Editor: Change editor by "Open with"

After opening a file or member by System z Data Editor it should be possible to change the editor by "Open with". The System z Data Editor doesn't offer this function.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

System z Data Editor: Show found string using Find-Function

If you do a find request within the System z Data Editor the first line containing the string is highlighted and is scrolled to the beginning of the editor view. But we would like the editor to do additional highlighting to the string found and to...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Cobol formatter: preference for second command word

We would like to set an indentation value for the second word of a command, esp. for MOVE ... TO ... If the line is too short it should be broken before the "TO" and next line indented.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Cobol Editor: Overwrite block starting at position without marking target area

When inserting a block in Toggle Block Selection Mode while mode "Overwrite" is in effect the copied block should replace a block with same size starting at current position.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

RDz 9.0.1 The linking between the Outline view and editor when viewing JCL only works one way.

The linking between the Outline view and editor when viewing JCL only works one way. When you select something in the Outline view the JCLin the editor repositions to that location in the JCL as expected. When you reposition the cursor (current li...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Enhance JES to support Eclipse Desktop Alerts functionality

Please enhance RDz for JES job submission/completion events to generate a desktop alert which is supported in Eclipse. Please see related link, use case, and attached. Link: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/Notifications
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

User Credential sharing/centralization as in PD Tools Studio

Hello,I found this RFE from 2012 that describes a similar feature request:http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=20282 To make RDz much more comfortable, it would be an idea, to have a Login-Sharing or Credential ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 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...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Autosave in PL/I and JCL editor

In LPEX there are an autosave facility. This is not the case for PL/I and JCL editors. Our users want this feature because they want a local save of the file in the editor. In z/OS Project we use mainframe files, but an autosave should go to the d...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

RDz should facilitate easier export/import specific test data from DB2 databases.

Rational Developer for System z should facilitate to export specifictest data from source (dev/test) databases and import this data intotarget (test/dev) databases. Currently the database Export/Import functionality is aimed at savingand restoring...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

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