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Import Search-results which I have exported the day before when I have to work on a search-result-list more than one day.

Import Search-results which I have exported before so I can continue opening unchanged files from this list with a double click.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Expand all option in z/OS-Projects / MVS-Subprojects

We would like to have a context menu option to expand all items below the selected item in the z/OS Projects View. E.g. Right-click on a z/OS Project, MVS Subproject or a Library shall expand all sub-items
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Code review in batch for a pipeline so slow that it can't be used

I've set up and been configuring AKGCR, Code Review, in batch to be used in our cobol pipeline.On zos we are using idz 14.2.1 and on the client we are using 14.2.1.1When I submit my jcl it takes a couple of minutes to complete, even though it is a...
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

IDz program control editor next/last should be in program order

When using IDz Program Control editor, the Previous/Next buttons should flow through the diagram programmatically.Currently, they move alphabetically/numerically.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Add scoll bars to IDz Program Control editor windows

With Program Control Flow editor, there are no scroll bars on the right or bottom of the view. These would allow one to at least be able to scroll when the sizing and focus don't work.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

IDz: Allow IDZ user build variables to be generated from RTC language definition/translator instead of manually via IDz Prefs

In an IDz user build, DDNAMEs using variables as STEP RCs in a build have to be defined manually in the context of the z/os project.Normally, the STEPS and initBuild are defined as properties of the language definition by navigating to IDz Window/...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Future consideration

About Windows server support for RDz V14.1

I would like to introduce RDz V14.1, but since Windows server 2008 R2 is not supported, I would like you to support it.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Option to disable automatic file association.

Provide an option to disable the automatic file association that is done when opening a file that does not meet any z/OS File Mapping criteria. Since the PMR ID field above doesn't accept the new TS ID format, here it is: TS002715273
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

zUnit Test case can handle DBCS data item names

COBOL programs using DBCS identifiers cannot be applied to current implementation of zUnit, because test case sheet created by zUnit cannot handles data item identifiers with DBCS characters.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

Detect column of THEN and ELSE in IDz Code Review for COBOL

One of our installation rules for coding "best practice" COBOL programs requires that the programmer codes the (optional) THEN keyword and the (required, if applicable) ELSE keyword in the same column as the corresponding IF keyword. Statements fo...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

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