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z/OS Application Development

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job success/ failure notification popup in RDz JES

There is no job success/ failure notification popup in RDz JES. Can IBM provide one?
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Convert tab to x'05' when copying data from notepad to LPEX editor

When we copy some statements in word document or notepad to the LPEX editor which contains some "tab", it will become the x'05' characters once saving it to host. It will lead to syntax error and hard to identify the problem. Could LPEX editor be ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Provide APPEND function for Compare

When executing a compare of code in the Cobol Source Compare only offers to move/replace the blocks of code affected. An option should be offered to APPEND one change after another, which facilitates the merging of two versions of the same program
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Metacobol - Provide a way for Identify Preprocessor Statements function to ignore additional cosmetic and syntactically equiv

Provide a way for Identify Preprocessor Statements function to ignore additional cosmetic and syntactically equivalent differences
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

The LPEX opens some members in packed format

Some members of PDS datasets (JCL, LOAD, PARAM) were edited using the option PACK ON under MVS.. The LPEX opens these members in packed format, not readable. We cannot issue the command PACK OFF under RDz
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Managing preprocessor variables in PLI

Possibilitiy to manage different sets of preprocessor variables regarding the PLI editor. Might also be valid for other langauges using preprocessor facilities.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDz support open copybook inside Assembler program

Support open copybook member in context menu in Assembler program, same as Cobol.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Future consideration

RDz Editor and Templates and Snipppets

We think it could be an advantage to:<br />- enhance the editors handling of insertions by allowing the user to specify positions. E.g. /* ${subroutineName}${70}*/, where {70} pinpoint location of next character insertion.?<br />- the ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Endevor Quick Edit stream line ccid's and prompts

when using Quick edit I am prompted up to 3 times for the CCID and Descritpion. ? ?In TOS ?I am prompted one time at the begining of the process. ? ?In RDz I can subpress the first two, but this causes other issues. ? ? ? ?When I get ready to upda...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Endevor - switch order of selection fields to match TSO on the mainframe.

On the mainframe type always follows element. On RDz Type is always before Element. I can make a case for either way so I am not sure there is a correct way. CA felt that Element should be first bcause that is the way all their screens are. The pr...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

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