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Map Generator of IDZ 14.1 for PLI truncates comments of fields used to build PLI structure names

IDZ 14.1 for PLI - Map Generator Comments of Fields in BMS Sourcefiles are truncated to 7 chars. Therefore structure names are limited to 7 chars. BMS Source-Files that have been used on z/OS to generate PLI Includes with SDF-II on z/OS. We know, ...
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Add Endevor's batch list element option to CARMA ‘custom' tab

To enable batch 'List Elements' to be available from the IDz client when using CARMA 'custom' tab.
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

customized "lookup" features of customer application help

Lookup is a feature brought from "fault anaylzer integration", customer can search message/code/error explaination thru inputting keywords. All the current feature just cover COBOL,CICS, LE and so on about z/OS project. It will be help if we can c...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

RDz: support for -INC ABC. ( a period at the end ) - see PMR 28219,300,624

We are resquesting support for -INC ABC. ( a period at the end ), as per discussion in PMR 28219,300,624
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Not under consideration

JCL substitution works at steps level, not at job level

In RDz, in a property group, there's a tabl JCL substitution for steps like COBOL, PL/I, LInk, Run, but not for JCL; This means you cannot use substitution variables for the whole job. The only way to achieve this is follow the steps described in ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Provide interface for zUnit-Testing

We would need the possibility to call and to interact with the zUnit-Framework within our own-developed interface to our SCM. The following functionaries should be provided:- Interface to forward the dataset containing the Cobol-/PLI-source as wel...
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Not under consideration

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).
about 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...
over 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...
over 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.
about 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

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