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z/OS Application Development

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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

'Insert Before' option in 'File Manager'

Currently the only 'Insert Records' option is to insert after. This is request to add option to 'Insert Before'.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Load llibrary - PDS details - SHOW IN TABLE

The columns that are shown for a PDS containing load members (.exe in RDZ) should refelct the columns showin in spf for load libraries.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

For Link Options Property Groups add CEE.SCEELKED

Because the CEE.SCEELKED library (which is is required for compiles - http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r12/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zos.r12.cbcux01%2Fcbcug190249.htm) , we should add this library name to the Link Libraries edit are...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Need to have RDz source compare display # of differences

The visual file compare should list the # of differences
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

Open the RDz Editor immediately after creating a new PDS member

When you create a new PDS member in RSE - as soon as RDz allocates the member, the new (empty) member should be opened in the editor. As a nice enhancement to this (enhancement) - if the z/OS File System Mapper has set the workstation file extensi...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 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.
over 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.
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

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