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z/OS Application Development

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Endevor - Give us a quick edit like processing

In carma - endevor - we select a module and there are two many steps to go through to do the updates. In quick edit it is simple. I don't really care if it uses a PDS, that is great, but the steps need to be redused.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Add a process for viewing called subroutines like we view copybooks from source code

Currently when viewing COBOL programs in RDz we have the ability to select and browse copybooks. I would like the same feature for viewing subroutines. When changing programs many times there is a need to view the subroutine source. Many times the...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Inability to see element changes by version/level

In RDz, when you compare two elements you see them side by side. Endevor lets you see change history for a particular level of an element (by entering 'C' in front of the element name) either from 'Summary of Element Levels' or 'Element Selection ...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 13 Delivered

Provide a plugin to RDz that will time out inactive debug sessions

When debugging an application in RDz, debug applications remain open until the user terminates the session. This presents problems if the developer were to walk away from their system. The running application holds system resources and could lock ...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Mark matching COBOL "IF END-IF" statements in the RDz editor

With RAD and Java, the scope of an IF statement is highlighted by a rectangle marker surrounding the curly braces {}. It would be nice if the COBOL editor had a similar feature, especially when I have multiple IF statements nested within each other.
almost 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

RDZ RSE/LPEX should support IBM-274 (Belgium old)

RDz RSE/LPEX does not implement IBM-274 (called in the Host Emulator Belgium Old) (it is almost identical to french IBM-297 or IBM-1147 except a few characters). On the contrary, the Host emulator implements it.
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Notification when disconnect from host via RSE and an editor window is open

There are two different behaviours of an open editor window when terminating RDz directly or when disconnecting from host via remote system view. Scenario 1: termination RDz directly while a changed source is open in the editor> there is a noti...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

RDz Developer Unable to View Output from CARMA/Endevor Generate Process

An RDz 7.6.1 Developer is unable to view the output produced from a CARMA/Endevor Generate (compile) process.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Local syntax check in RDz needs to support EXEC DLI commands to support the IMS enviornment

Currently RDz handles EXEC CICS and EXEC SQL commands. It also needs to handle EXEC DLI commands. This includes the automatic inclusion of the DLZDIB area that holds the DIB* fields used by IMS. The following code: EXEC DLI GU USING PCB (DBDAM81-P...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 7 Delivered

Need to be able to highlight multi jobs and click on the submit. Today the submit not available when select multi jobs

When I have to submit multi jobs on the mainframe at the same time I should be able to highlight all the desired jobs and click submit. It is slow to have to submit individual and more prone to error. In ISPF I can do this in 3.4 with the = on eac...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered