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z/OS Application Development

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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

Support Cobol Report Writer syntax in RDz

Want RDz to support Cobol Report Writer syntax parsing
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Can RDz suppport Microfocus APS COBOL?

RDz Editor currently cannot support parsing of APS-Cobol from microfocus, Users application are written in APS COBOL, which can get very limited benefit for using RDz. All smart editing features are disabled.
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDz v9 lacks the functionality that integrates the preprocessor extension points and the error feedback mechanism.

Rational Developer for System z v9 lacks the functionality that integrates the preprocessor extension points and the error feedback mechanism. The current extension point preprocessors are designed to be used only for describing text transformatio...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

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