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z/OS Application Development

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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

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 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

JCL in EDIT

I am edit on a jcl, I select a dsname then a right click: I can open him in a standard editor, but not in FileManager
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

error messages or reason why - problem I have seen is with endevor

When pulling files from endevor or updating files we get error without any explanation. thought I alreay entered this but can't find it in my list of RFE. If douple, sorry.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Add CEE.SCEELKED to the Link Libraries in a new Property Group

When you create a new Property Group there's a Link tab. This Link tab references:ORDER CEESTART - in the Link instructions But, in order to include CEESTART (and for all practical purposes, in order for Link to work at all) - the L.E. library: CE...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDz Source Code Analyser to provide more descriptive UI for analyzing remote program

A more descriptive UI is required for analyzing remote program.Actually we found that it could analyze one single program in remote system (without put it to z/OS project or local project), but in the configuration panel we still need to select a ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Allow users to move the LPEX/ISPF command line to the top of the edit window

Currently the LPEX/ISPF command line is on the bottom of the editor. Allowing users to move it to the top of the edit window will make most of them feel much at home with RDz.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Hot link to Carma endevor jobs

When I submit a job through Carma Endevor - I want a hot like to the bach job that is compiling or processing the program.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

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