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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.
about 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...
about 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...
about 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).
over 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...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

The outline view shows the copybook as a sub

The outline view shows the copybook as a sub for the data statement just above it. If the statement just before it has a PICTURE clause, it would not have group data. Checking on whether the previous data line has a PIC clause is not done.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Notification on reason for menu options being disabled in RDz

Hello, We have found that when certain real-time errors are present some menu items are disabled. It would be nice if a change could be made so that all options that would normally be available still are availabe regardlesws of any errors; the mai...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Export all Workspace preferences that are related to RDz in one click button

User spends lots of workspace customizations that are related to RDz. I would like to see a one dialog ONLY wizard that exports ALL workspace customizations that he did
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Key Mapping Improvements

I am submitting this on behalf of a customer per their request. Increasing the key mapping capabilities for the RDz Host Connection Emulator so that it moves closer to that of HOD or PCOMM, starting with mapping of Ctrl keys.
almost 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

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