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Browing on sequencial file is taking lot of time.

Browsing the sequencial file is taking lot of time.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Tape information (similar to VI on ISPF) on RDz

VI - option which retries the information of the file went to tape is NOT available in RDz
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Access to Edit Macros from Menu Manager

Many companies have created a large amount of utilities and macros in ISPF over the years. One of the obstacles implementing RDz is for those Edit Macros which are not covered by RDz functionality. A simple solution to cover some of these would be...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Menu Manager Connection filters for action

I have a RDz connected to three different mainframes and i need to configure Menu Manager action for each mainframe. The action is different for each mainframe. Currently the RDz support filters only for Data Set Filters. I need actions to be asso...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Future consideration

RDz - Editors Compare results sharing and save

In RDz Editors , Compare is much better than what we have had on the Host systems SUPERC or File Manager compare , especially for the source code comparisons. We would like to have the ability to save the comparison results to a file, which we cou...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Enhancement for syntax check on copybook

When we used RDZ 8.0.3 we didn't have any problem.Like we are on RDZ 9.5.0 our copybooks have all lines with warning marks.For all copybooks (about 40 000) we use the clause replacing witch consist on change all :XXXX: in the copybook by R1 (by ex...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

FIPS 140-2 for RDz Host Emulator

Add FIPS 140-2 compliant encryption capability to the host emulator within Rational Developer for System z
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Quick Fix not available in the RDz Editor for COBOL.

We try to use Quick Fix function to resolve warnings and errors in the editor but it's not available.
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

z/OS Explorer - Editor plug-in needed

I think there is an urgent need for a proper editor plug-in for z/OS Explorer, that will provide at least the same functionality as the ISPF editor for:- COBOL- REXX- JCL- CLIST
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

In the COBOL editor, be able to put the cursor at any column on a line like in LPEX

Using the LPEX editor, while editing COBOL, the user can put the cursor at any column in a line by just clicking with the left mouse button at the position where the cursor has to be set. After that, the user can enter text that will be inserted f...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

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