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z/OS Application Development

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slow opening of network directories and file in RDz

When I open a directory using windows explore or go into my computer and open a directory to get to a file out on the net work it is almost instant. If I try to open the same directory using local in RDz it takes much longer. some times up to seve...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Add Eclipse profile to the LPEX editor profile list

I am opening this RFE on behalf of my customer "Nova Ljubljanska Banka d.d.":Support another editor profile in the LPEX Editor profile that would bring Eclipse back to normal behaviour for a Windows user.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Removing the "save" operation when doing a Local Syntax Check

Currently, when doing a Local Syntax Check, there is first a save operation of the source to be controlled before the checking.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 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
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Support migration for CA-Disk

I am opening this request for enhancement on behalf of my customer "Insurance Services Office":In RDz, migrating a data set from CA is currently not supported.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

(in the Data Tools) Get rid of Return All Rows - or allow sites to remove via Preferences

In the Data Tools - the "Return all rows" option is dangerous, for z/OS shops. This is because - typically, z/OS DB2 databases measure in the 10's of thousands to low million rows. Often with 100s of columns. Return all rows does not have a Prefer...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Need LPEX/ISPF F5/F6 combination to behave like TSO

When I use F5/F6 on ISPF, the F5 finds an occurence, and F6 changes that (found) occurence. In RDz F5 finds an occurence, but pressing F6 finds and changes the NEXT occurence - not the current occurence.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Enable HEX find for EBCDIC binary values in LPEX

The overwhelming % of RDz users edit with LPEX - because it emulates ISPF - and ISPF is necessary as a transition to the GUI experience. Currently Ctrl+F Find (or Picture string Find) with Regular Expressions finds only hex values in ASCII. The tr...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Retrieve Data Set - allow us to click ok - not consistent

When building a retrieved data set you have to press enter. This is not consistent with the rest of the product. You should allow us to select the ok.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

DB2 - allow us to start the search in middle of file or key

Allow us to be able to change the starting search on a DB2 file. Today we are limited to the max number of records to search. It would be nice to beable to start in the middle or towards the ends so that we can get to all records on the DB2 file.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

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