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Need to add some features to the Host Emulation part of RD/z

I would like to see some features added to the Host Emulation feature of RD/z. It should enable installations to eliminate the use of separate emulators (and the cost of those emulators).
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 7 Not under consideration

Need capability to restore/recall a host archived file from RDz Remote System Explorer

Would like to have a 'Restore Archived File' action on the right-click drop-down menu when selecting a z/OS file which is archived (ie. dimmed out on RDz) with a other vendor product. The action should request a restore operation on the file and i...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Show named loops in OutlineView

RationalDeveloperForSystemZ/PLI-Source/OutlineViewCurrently named loops (e.g. loop_csr_fpks: do forever;) are not shown in the outline view, is there any intention to change this behaviour in future releases of RDz?It would be nice to have an extr...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Show HEX Edit Line of Local COBOL/PLI Files

Customers using RTC and RDZ using local projects for their repository workspace would like to use the 'Show HEX Edit Line' in LPEX and display the hex in their EBCDIC codepage.
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

COBOL Editor : A List Of Functional Hotkeys

In COBOL Editor, when you push the keys Ctrl + Shift + L, you have a list of hotkeys. A majority hotkeys are functional but some do nothing or wrong, some examples : - "Copy Lines" (Ctrl + Alt + Down) is a system hotkey to flip from down to up (gr...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

properties view keeps the values of the lastly opened program when

Hello,we from PKS Software do support Nuernberger Versicherungsgruppe with RDz. At Nuernberger the developer complain about the problem described in the next paragraph. So we opened PMR as we see this as disfunctionality (see PMR 61775 077 724). B...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

REXX Editor / RSC / Auto Completion

Hi, I'd like to request an improved REXX editor (similar to Cobol or PL/I Editors) with realtime syntax checking and auto completion capabilities.
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

System z Data Editor Jump To field do not react to the Enter key of the numeric pad

The System z Data Editor of Rational Developer for System z v9.1.1.1 provides a field labelled "Jump To:" allowing a user to jump to a given line number in the editor panel.After the user has typed a line number in this field, he can hit the Enter...
about 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Request for RDz Windows Client 3270 Emulator Enhancements

We'd like to see two enhancements to the 3270 emulator within the RDz Windows client. (a) For copying / pasting text, like to see a regular drag 'n highlight instead of drawing a box around the text. Former is easier. (b) On the full screen, SELEC...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Monitored variables should have a qualification about the program they belong to

Variables which are shown in the monitors view stay there also when the active module changes. If you have variables with the same name in more than one program in the run unit that is tested the debugging session and add them to the monitors view...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

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