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z/OS Application Development

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Moving Fields by CTRL + Cursor-Keys (in BMS Map Editor)

When selecting a field (in Design Mode) we'd like to move it around not only by using the mouse but also by using the cursor keys (CTRL + CursorKey like in Powerpoint). The current approach using the Dot-Key is somewhat exotic and not satisfactory...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Smarter Copy & Paste (in BMS Map Editor)

When having selected a field we'd like to copy and move it by CTRL + left Mouse-Key in one single operation (like in Powerpoint)
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Provide a utility for conversion STL files to SAM files on PC environment.

Our customer requests a transfer function which converts STL files to SAM files and sends it to the HOST.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Provide create and compare functions for SAM files on PC environment.

1.Our customer's request is to allow the creation of the SAM files without developing the COBOL programs. They would simply specify some attributes and then generate the SAM file. 2.Our customer's request is to have a utility that compares of SAM ...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Display RD/z debug log on Eclipse view.

Our customer's request is to direct the output of the program to the Eclipse console instead of the Windows command prompt.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Enable to set local link option by each member including local cobol project in RD/z.

Our customer's request is allow the placement of both the main program and subprograms in the same package and allow the build to create the EXE and DLLS in that package. This will greatly reduce the number of packages which the customer will manage.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Provide a DFSORT utility on PC environment.

Our customer's request is to develop a DFSORT utility which can be executed on a PC, so that the testing of COBOL programs using DFSORT can be performed on a PC.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Require ability to generate BMS DSECT on mainframe

Current BMS map editing capability supports generation of DSECT only within IDE. As this is a system-generated artifact, we would prefer to generate using a batch job on mainframe after saving map macros into source control system. We wish to keep...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Remote synchronize - disable the synchronization

The Remote Synchronization of Local Projects with remote z/OS PDS members are enabled with a drop down menu, but the users are missing the function to disable the synchronization.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

PDS 'refresh' not working for anything except ISPF updates

Please see IBM issue 90060-227. This pertains to RDz client not recognizing updates to PDS members unless the update is done by TSO/ISPF. TSO/ISPF is the only thing that currently updates the "user data" area in the PDS directory, and that's appar...
almost 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

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