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z/OS Application Development

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need JES spool to be opened with System z data editor instead of LPEX

Opening a large remote dataset or JES output can lead to out of memory error on the RDz client because LPEX editor will load the whole content into memory.System z Data Editor has a paging mechanism which could solve the problem but currently it c...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 6 Delivered

Clearing entries in the Retrieved Data Set list filter

After adding entries (datasets) to the Retrieved Data Sets filter in the Remote Systems view it would be very good to be able to clear selected datasets from that filter.
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

Combine COBOL outline view and preprocessor integration

The COBOL outline view is based on the content of the editor and not on the changes made by the preprocessor integration. That results in a very confusing and long outline view when (for example) the DIVISION statements are generated by the prepro...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Provide a user ID variable support for MVS Filter strings similar to JES

Currently, our shop sets up multiple filters prefixed by RACF user ID so they are specific to the datasets they create for their own personal dataset members. The filter string for JES is already support &USERID so if they copied a filter it d...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Support new JCL from z/OS V2R1

JCL Editor breaks on z/OS V2R1 features like EXPORT SYMLIST Please see following JCL: //MKAIQM JOB 7904,KAISER,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),MSGCLASS=K,CLASS=A, // NOTIFY=&SYSUID,REGION=512M // EXPORT SYMLIST=(YEAR,USER,QMDIR,QMFILE,QMDSN) // SET YEAR='2015'...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

DBB User build - provide a very simple workflow (no wizard)

DBB User build has quite a few fields that need to be populated on each program. But the values are mostly always the same in the context of the work of a developer. All of these values should have default values that can be set once, for example ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Remote z/OS Search - Remember the last search

Saving/keeping the filters in Remote z/OS Search, so you do not have to reenter the same Things more than once.
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

RETRIEVE several components with an single CCID and COMMENT

My Sofware Change Manager is ENDEVOR.I can't "RETRIEVE" several components with an single CCID and COMMENT, entered once and for all. "ADD" several components is also problematic (see RFE 25748).
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Syntax check local program must be associated CARMA get the SYSLIB in this group of properties associated with the program

The "syntax check local" with regeneration of a program's dependency associated with CARMA will look for the program copys in ENDEVOR without can indicate where the versions that interest us are stored.We simply want to use the SYSLIB property gro...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

RDz should check on length of Data Names

The COBOL compiler has a limit of 30 characters for data names. The Knowledge Center shows this: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_5.1.0/com.ibm.entcobol.doc_5.1/PGandLR/ref/rllim.html. When editing a COBOL program (either with th...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

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