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z/OS Application Development

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Real-time syntax check should flag obvious syntax errors

Currently, the real time syntax does not flag the error in the statement IF VAR1 > 0 ELSE <--- ADD 1 TO VAR1. The compiler does not accept this and issues messageIGYPS2079-S Expected a verb or "NEXT SENTENCE", but found "ELSE". The statement...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Future consideration

Support Graphic option in RDz Host Emulator

In PCOMM it can enable the "Graphic" option, but we can't see the same option in RDz host emulator.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

Missing User Build for C sourcefiles

50% of our sourcefiles are written in PL/I, 45 % in C.The use of the User Build increases the productivity of the developers.Currently the User Build works only for PL/I sourcefiles.We need to use the User Build also for C sourcefiles.(Currently t...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

"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...
almost 10 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.
almost 10 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
about 10 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...
about 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="...
about 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...
about 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.
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration