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z/OS Application Development

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Scan JCL residing on the Test LPAR against the Prod LPAR

Production JCL is being modified on the Test LPAR. The need is to scan the JCL for errors which requires networking a copy of the JCL to the Production LPAR, scanning the JCL, and send the syntax checks to the user. We have datasets existing in Pr...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Perform several ADD ENDEVOR at the same time.

We often need to make an "ADD ENDEVOR" a set of components.In TSO, it is possible to do so (See the attached file), but not via RDz CARMA.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Rechercher un fichier ou un PDS dans RDz avec une * dans la premi?re partie de son nom

La recherche d'un ensemble de fichiers s?quentiels (ou PDS) qui ont en commun la fin de leur nom (ou plus exactement dont la premi?re partie du nom diff?re) est impossible depuis RDz alors qu'elle l'est depuis le 3270.Par exemple, nous stockons no...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

A number of features are requested for System z Data Editor

I am opening this RFE on behalf of my customer, BNP PARIBAS ITAM department. Six features were requested in the PMR by the customer of which 3 will be in a furture release of RDz. Without these 6 features, the customer will not use the editor and ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Support for REXX development

Add full support for the REXX language in RDz including content assist, source formatting, and syntax checking.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Addition of function to get the size(length) of variables in CAM API

The CAM API for code review currently do not have a function to retrieve the field size of declared variables. This would greatly help the developer to create custom code review rules that needs the variable length. Currently, developers have to c...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

RDz user needs the capability to specify how <HLQ> parameter in property groups gets resolved.

RDz users should have the capability to specify how the <HLQ> parameter in property group definitions gets resolved. Currently, if user's source is in a common PDS (i.e TEST.COBOL.SRC), <HLQ> gets resolved to the HLQ of the source libr...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Support ruler line in Host Emulator

We hope the host emulator can be enhanced to support a ruler line, which is the same as PCOMM.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

Improve ++INCLUDE preprocessor by setting variables IBM.OPTIONS through PL/I importer preferences

The PL/I Importer supports ++INCLUDE preprocessor if PP(INCLUDE('ID(++INCLUDE)')) compiler option is specified as the customer specified it on the remote. But it can not be specified in the preference (Windows -> Preferences -> Importer -&...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

PDS Compare feature

There is a feature in RDz to compare 2 PDS members, which is very helpful to identify the differences between the members. But no options to compare 2 complete PDS. This requires when working on enhancement or maintenance project, which has change...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

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