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z/OS Application Development

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Developers should be able to create new datasets w/any high-level qualifier

Currently, in order to create a new datasets with other than the <HLQ> of the user, developers must either Retrieve a Dataset, or build a Filter. This is arbitrary - and makes RDz look bad, compared with ISPF (which offers no such restrictio...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Refactor/Rename - Prompt to SAVE CHANGES

When using REFACTOR/RENAME to change fields, upon exiting the source, there is no prompt to SAVE CHANGES. The source closes and the changes are committed.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Cobol keyword to inquiry dataset size

New Cobol keyword to be able to inquiry a dataset size (in bytes) in order to choice the best application logic that fit customer needs.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Code assist enhancement

Code assist enhancement. Be able to use wild card.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Selecting 'cache size' in FM

Currently, the only cache size is 100 records, so you can scroll from record #1 to record #100. If you want to see record 150, you need to perform 'LOCATE 150', or 'LOCATE 101' go get next 100 records. This is request to be able to specify cache s...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

'Undo', 'Redo' options in File Manager

This is request to add 'Undo', 'Redo' options in File Manager.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Provide Job Summary view to JES in RDz

Provide JES Job Summary view as follows: row 1 - Job profile info: Jobname, JobId, Job Status, date/time of job execution, Job owner/UserId row 2 thru row n - Job step summary info: step return code, step name, step program name , proc step name, ...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 7 Not under consideration

File Manager - Allocate Data Set Wizard

Remove LOOKUP on DATA SET. In this box, you must enter a new name. There is nothing to lookup. Also, if I enter a name that already exists, I don't get an error message immediately. I don't receive the error message until I select FINISH. You shou...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Request for code review functionality for JCL files.

This is a request for added functionality to RDz. I would like to have code review functionality for JCL files like the code review functionality for COBOL files. The JCL code review component should reformat the JCL to certain standards. The comp...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDZ - ALLOCATE LIKE option

New Feature - After highlighting the dataset you want to mimick, the first panel should say ENTER NEW DATASET NAME or even betterconsolidate to one panel because this option can easily be accomplished with one panel
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

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