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z/OS Application Development

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Cobol Editor has to ignore any text after the column 80

The Cobol Editor falls in error if a line exceeds 80 characters.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Support text search in Fault Analyzer report

We want to have a text search function when we open the Fault Analyzer report.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Support CRLF conversion in for binary file transfer in RDz

Now RDz can only allow casual file transfer between host and PC by simple drag & drop (or copy & paste). We hope RDz to enhance to support the following file transfer option: Allow the conversion of control character (CRLF) in binary file ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 6 Not under consideration

Support append for file transfer in RDz

Now RDz can only allow casual file transfer between host and PC by simple drag & drop (or copy & paste). We hope RDz to enhance to support the following file transfer option: - Allow an append option when copying a file from PC to mainfram...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Support more complex scenario for file transfer in RDz

Now RDz can only allow casual file transfer between host and PC by simple drag & drop (or copy & paste). We hope RDz to enhance to support the following file transfer option: - Allow user to specific mainframe dataset information (e.g. rec...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Incorrect JCL generation with long compiler options

When using long COBOL compiler options like BUF(16K) NOC(E) NOFSRT FLAG(W,E) OPT NOSEQ TRUNC(STD) NOVBREF XREF and the option "Append compiler options to the PARM card", the generated JCL for compilation is incorrect because the line generated wit...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

In COBOL editor, provide the same split screen function as offered in LPEX editor

Using COBOL editor, provide the function to split the screen the same way as in LPEX editor.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Notification to RDz users when submitting JCL with NOTIFY

In RDz, there is currently no notification send to the user when a JCL using the NOTIFY parameter on the job card is submitted. Alternatively, you can select the job filter, right mouse click, and select the Monitor action. This should launch the ...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

allowing replacement across files

Currently there is a 'search' facility that looks for text in files in a folder but there appears no 'replace' feature that would allow replacing text across many files.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

show who has updated a program when an MVS Subproject is brought online

when someone makes an MVS SubProject go Online - it would be nice (!!!) to know who has made changes - before deciding whether or not to over-write
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

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