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Using special characters "/" and "\" in z/OS connection name cause Host Terminal Emulator NOT to come up and NO error message

RDz should prevent using special characters for the "connection name" parameter, after the user enters a wrong value or make it work properly. There might be a bug in the HoD Plugin that does not use properly the "Host Name" parameter as the "conn...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Offer (Define) Mapset in Design-Palette (BMS-Map Editor)

If I have created an empty (!) member on the mainframe and I then alter the extension within RDz to *.bms I can then double-click and open it with the BMS Map Editor. In such a case (which would not be thus exotic!) it would help a lot to have an ...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

PLEASE Delete this PFE

THIS IS NOT AN ISSUETHIS WORKSPlease delete this RFEIf you have a PDS with 9000+ members and would like to filter on member names it is not possible to make a filter like this SYS4.UT.GEST1(HW*) for instance to show all member starting with HW onl...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Delivered

When opening a PDS member that is already open in LPEX, the message box should indicate the user who has it opened

When opening a PDS member that is already open in LPEX, the message box should indicate the user who has it opened.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

adding or replacing member to Carma/Endevor does not force Save

In RDz if the developers adds a member to Endevor through the CARMA interface without first saving the changes then the member is added without the changes. RDz/CARMA should save before adding or at least it should give a warning message of type: ...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

Allow the associated property group to be edited directly from the resource

Restore the functionality provided in RDz 7.5 but removed in 7.6 to allow the associated property group to be edited directly from the resource. Suggestion: Augment the Property Group context menu (currently Associate Property Group ?, Override Pr...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

Regular expression search not available from Remote z/OS Search

Regular expression search is not currently available from Remote z/OSSearch tab in RD/z.We would like this functionality because we think it would be verybeneficialto have the Regular expression search feature available on thistab.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

LPEX to maintain tags in columns 73-80

There are several groups that use columns 73-80 in their COBOL programs to tag the modifications to the program (they use initials and a6 digit date, i.e. BH120309). When I edit one of these programs andpress enter (new line) in the middle of a li...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Search query for content on 'Remote z/OS Search' can not be saved

When doing 'Remote z/OS Search' for members or datasets the query can be saved in the 'My Seach Queries' list. When doing 'Remote z/OS Search' for contents of a file the query can not be saved. But this needs to be possible as well.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Emulator - Right Click Copy/Paste on selected content

In the Host Emulator window, when you make a selection of text you need to use either the ctrl+c shortcut command or use the edit -> copy menu command. It is my request to add the ability to right click the Emulator window and add a menu of act...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

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