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z/OS Application Development

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Expand Copybooks "Inline"

Offer a way to expand copybooks "inline" - inside of a program - rather than only allowing us to open them in separate eclipse views
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

RDz to add variable declaration when new variable used in code

Have RDz ask me if I want to add a variable declaration when I add a new variable in a line of code (COBOL). If I say yes, it would need to prompt me if I want to add it a copybook or to working storage section.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Spell Check COBOL Comments!

Would like to do an English spell-check of comments
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Want RDz to have a Job Scheduling Interface

Provide the same kind of RSE interface to PDS - and CARMA interface to Endevor, to JobTrac,CA-7, Tivoli, etc.
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

ISPF Label emulation

.Labels are useful for keyboard-friendly navigation
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Allow User Variables in the various JCL Substition tabs to use Global Variables

Allow User Variables in the various JCL Substition tabs to use Global Variables.This would increase flexibility and ease of use. For example, a user variable DBRMDSN could be defined as &HLQ..DBRMLIB.
almost 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

optional real time syntax check in browse mode

In rdz preferences you have the option to disable/enable real time syntax check. We would like to have the option to enable the feature when in edit mode, and disable when in browse mode (file opened in read-only)
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Macro support using the Emulator

We need to be able to build multi Macro's. We would then like to beable to define keys on the keyboard that would automaticly kick off a predefined macro.
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

In the emulator a double click should act as an enter as all pc tools do

While in the emulator a douple click should act as an enter as it does with all other PC tools.
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Generate the Symbolic Map from an API instead of from the context menu.

Ability to generate the Symbolic Map programatically. Currently this can only be done from the context menu and requires a set of steps to be done manually by the end user. In order to avoid end user errors the customer would like to perform this ...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration