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z/OS Application Development

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Provide a FIND <text> PREV

Adding a find previous function to the find Text function would assist in finding the specific instance of the text desired more quickly.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

RDz to support expansion page size for GDG

When expand a GDG dataset in Remote System View, it will open all version the GDG included. When the GDG's version number is large (1000+), it hold up the client and wait for a very long time or the client will even hang.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Make the default for all z/OS File Maps tdat

It would be important - if RDz could (at some point) reflecton the file-type of a opened dataset - and pull out of Source Files whether a the dataset is: COBOL, JCL, etc. - and then map the editor on the fly If this happens - we will want to make ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Provide for ISPF COPY/CREATE command line functionality

On behalf of Lowes and Labcorp, here's an RFE that LPEX supports the ISPF command-line COPY and CREATE functionality
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Lock the Find Window On

Want the ability to lock the Find Window as On in RDz.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Les tailles des fichiers s?quentiels sont exprim?es en octets.

Quand elle est affich?e, c'est ? dire pour les fichiers s?quentiels (voir RFE 21577), la taille est exprim?e en octet, ce qui n'est pas parlant pour un fichier MAINFRAME. Nous aimerions voir affich?e la taille en format MVS (TRK, CYL, ..)
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

RDz Source Code Analyser to use "quick fix"

Can we use the "quick fix" in the analysis result? Now this option is greyed.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

RDz Source Code Analyser to support analyzing Endevor elements

The function is required to support more user friendly integration for analyzing Endevor element
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

"remote syntax check" for sources residing in PS-datasets

At the moment the "remote syntax check" is only available in the LPEX- or COBOL-/PLI-editor, if the source resides in a PDS-dataset. Only the C/C++-editor supports the "remote syntax check" for PS-datasets. I would like to have this feature as wel...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

RDz to support Remote file in software analyzer

The "Software Analyzer" in RDz v8.0.3 only support local file checking. We need this function can be applied to remote z/OS file or Endevor element as well. It would be time consuming if user need to transfer the source to local before apply code ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration