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z/OS Application Development

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"Show Expanded Source" should also cater for "REPLACE" statement

The new feature "show expanded source" in RDz 9.1.1 client, should also cater for the COPY REPLACING statement in the program source, otherwise it will cause parse error after expanded the copybook, and lot of feature will then be disabled, e.g. p...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

RDz enhancement for JES job comparison

RDz v9.1.1 client has the new feature to compare JES joblog. We want this feature to be enhance to support comparison on selecting one or more steps.
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

RD&T support Linux on Power

I request that RD&T supports Linux on power system (Power8).<Product>IBM Rational Development and Test Environment for System v9<Request support platform>Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 6.5 on Power
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDZ PLI Editor Library Extension Point

We are currently building up a lifecycle management System for all our Mainframe artifacts using MAVEN and bamboo. For the Editing we want to use the default main IBM PLI Editor (not LPEX). The first step now was to create PLI Language artifacts a...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

Rdz ZOS Project Explorer Filter Extension Point

In Eclipse it is possible to extend the Content of the ProjectExplorer with some custom Filters: <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.navigator.navigatorContent"> <commonFilter description="hide *.wds" id="com.wds.commonfilter.hidewds" name="...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

RDz - Enhance JES to show where I am in the input queue

Recent enhancments to RDz have been great. However, it would be helpful to know where my job is in the input queue. Sometimes the system is slow and I have no idea if my job is getting closer to executing or stuck where I need to contact the appro...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Support Task Tags in LPEX System Z editor for COBOL

System z LPEX editor supports Task Tags for C/C++ and HLASM. Task tags within COBOL & PL/I should be supported also.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Should offer improved C development features for mainframe

Should offer improved C development features for mainframe IBM comment: this "RFE" was captured on-the-fly during VoiCE discussions. To be given a proper disposition (accept, reject, etc.) and to come actionable, it must eventually be decomposed i...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Remote text search in JES joblog

RDz is now lacking the capability of doing remote text search in JES joblog. It required users to open the joblog first. But that doesn't work if users want to do a text search on a large joblog (with million's of line)
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

the "find all" in the cobol editor

have the "find all" function in the COBOL Editor as for the LPEX editor
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration