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Impossibility to select "?" in host emulator

When using the RDz "Host Emulator", it is impossible to select the character "?", hex code X'7B' : it is transformed with the ';' character on the displayed screen and substitued by the hexa code X'40' when sent to the host.A PMR N? 19275.999.706 ...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 7 Delivered

Possibility to transfer the source-code of a PL/I-program automatically to upper-case during save

We need a possibility, that the whole source-code of a PL/I-program opened in the LPEX-editor is automatically switched to upper-case when it is saved. This option can be defined up to now only for Cobol and JCL, but for PL/I this is also needed
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Delivered

Follow Data set naming rules and support hypens in dataset names

Following actions through the RSE view do not support a hypen in data sets names: Dataset Allocation, Allocate Like and Rename. Please see the data set naming conventions:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1....
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

Refresh button on carma repository view

Refresh button on carma repository view must refresh properties view.
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Delivered

Menu manager action to submit USS shell script

IDz currently doesn't have a menu manager action that allows users to support running USS shell scripts. Currently, we invoke OSHELL from TSO action which in turn runs our shell script to achieve this but the output is not available to view from I...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Delivered

RDz improvement of sort while populating Remote Systems MVS Files Filter "Show in Table"

Rational Developer for System z Improvement of sort while populating Remote Systems MVS Files Filter "Show in Table" During this process the user can observe the table while the rows are being populated. Some row field values (e.g. size) may show ...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Implementing a parameter to disable HRECALL and MIGRATE fonctions

Hi,In Remote systems view, when selecting a data set it is possible to easily execute a HMIGRATE operation. Unlike its TSO version, HMIG from RDz doesn't show used parameters. Same problem with HRECALL and consequences are even worst because you c...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 6 Delivered

"?" should be used as a single wildcard character in Open Member

In ISPF, we can use "%" as a single character wildcard and "*" as a multiple character wildcard. We would like to follow a similar pattern in RDz (maybe replace the "%" with "?").
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

RDz Editors should show the reference to the CA Endevor file

RDz Editord should show the reference to the Endevor file When opening source in edit mode after a search, the reference to the Endevor system should be visible. Working with a 3270 screen the reference is showed at the top of the screen.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Delivered

RDz Menu Manager, JCL Substitution uppercasing mixed case variable values

Environment Details:RDz 8.0.3 Customer Impact:Menu Manager can not handle mixed case variable values in $input Customers Problem Description:The customer needs to submit JCL that contains mixed case variable names and also standard (required) uppe...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

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