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z/OS Application Development

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Emulator requests color

When in the host emulator we need to have the ability to be able to change colors was we can in windows.
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Identify copybook location when using Endevor CARMA

The developer needs to know the exact copybook library where a copybook is being displayed from when editing or browsing a Cobol program from Carma (using 'edit with'). The copybook libraries are specified in the Property Group.
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

RDZ needs to support panels and groups for use with SDF2

Uploading RDz changes into SDF II. Want CICS screen changes made in RDz able to be loaded into SDF II libraries to keep code consistent. This will allow users to make CICS screen coding changes in SDF II and RDZ. This means RDz needs to support pa...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDz client user needs to be able to specify how <JOBNAME> substitution is handled, especially since USERID is not the default

RDz user needs a way to specify how property group <JOBNAME> substitution takes place in generated jobs. Customer would like <JOBNAME> to be resolved with the user's USERID. Currently the <JOBNAME> is resolved from HLQ of the sou...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

CARMA Enhanced Browse to resolve dependencies that are in property group

When editing/browsing an Endevor element using CARMA, we would like to have the ability to cancel out of the edit session and not have a copy of the source remain in the lower entry stage of Endevor. This would be the equivalent of an edit in that...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

zUnit Assertion to include also less than, greater than

It would be better if the Assertion logic also include the Greater than (>) and Less than (<) comparison.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

LPEX Editor Open Member Status

The LPEX editor should have a field to display how the member is opened. If the member is open in Edit mode, the field should say EDIT. If the member is open in View mode, the field should say VIEW. If the member is open in Browse mode, the field ...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

Display only data items introduced by changes to a previous version in Test Case Editor of zUnit

As with baseline analysis of source code analysis on IDz, please provide the function in order to when compare with the source code of the previous version and identify the relevant line and data item of the change difference on the Test Case Edit...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Selection of saving / deleting input / output of each test entry automatically generated at the time of test execution of zUn

Please provide a function to select “Save” or “Delete” all datasets corresponding to the input / output of each automatically generated test entry at the time of test execution of zUnit.Currently, when multiple test entries are executed in batch, ...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Improve the overall operating speed of zUnit (available even with a large number of data items, records, and subprograms)

Please improve the overall operating speed of zUnit for programs with a large number of data items, records, and subprograms.In financial and insurance systems, there are many programs that handle 1000 data items, 10000 records, and 10 subprograms...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration