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z/OS Application Development

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More general error message in case of lock at opening

We often have lock problems when opening programs. Under TSO, the user knows that this is an RDz server by typing F1 after his attempt to open : we don't even have this information under RDz. We have this type of message : « CRRZI0643W The file &l...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

RDz client should bring EXEC SQL INCLUDEs in addition to COPY statement files when "Show Expanded Source" is selected.

In RDz client 9.5 when a COBOL program is brought into COBOL editor, selecting "Show Expanded Source" does not bring in the EXEC SQL INCLUDEs. It only brings the files indicated by COPY statements.
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

IDZ default Property Group values

We need the posibility in idz to set property group default values (for all values of a property group) in the eclipse properties without having any MVS project. This mean: If someone is editing a pl/1 source and the source is not associated with ...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Future consideration

Kerberos support for Developer for System z

Full support for Kerberos as an authentication method in IDz, Developer for System z.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

Menu Manager output dialog persistence

Allow user to perform other activities in IDz while the Menu Manager output dialog is displayed. Currently, if there are results shown in the output dialog that the user needs to reference for other activities, users need to close the dialog befor...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

A "Replace All" action should be reverible with a single UNDO command

The Replace All actions treats each of its edits separately, so UNDO (Ctrl+Z) and REDO (Ctrl+Y) serially backs off or reapplies each edit. When the number of edits exceeds the size of the UNDO buffer, it becomes impossible to reverse a Replace All...
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

customizable values in the generated JCL

The size of the files for generation of JCL (e.g. for Compile Link Debug) is hard coded. That should be customizable.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 0 Future consideration

RDz9.1.1.1 - software analyzer for PLI should proceed with analysis even if there are syntax errors in the include files

We would like to have an enhanced software analyzer for PLI files, we need the analysis results to be produced even if there are errors with include files(copybooks) in the PLI source.We have already raised the below PMRs for enhancing the perform...
about 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

RDz : Customizing Host Connection Emulator

Some users ask us to be able of changing screen parameters like font/size/colors and adding the ruler on the cursor in the "Host Connection Emulator" as it exists in PCOM (CTRL + Home for the hotkey for the last one cf. attached files for the para...
about 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

Support CICS / DB2 command in IDz Data Flow diagram

The "Data Flow" feature introduce in IDz v14 should support CICS / DB2 command. This significantly reduce the value of this feature.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

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