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Built-in Support for PDS Processing

Currently, in order to read all members of a PDS it's necessary to first read the directory and create an array of member names, then either use an Assembler program to read each member or from PL/I dynamically allocate each fully qualified member...
about 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Delivered

IDz: Add Requeue Action to the JES System

In JES we can requeue a job but this option doesn't exist in IDz.
over 5 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 4 Delivered

NULLINIT/REINIT for defined structs

i really appreciate the new NULLINIT & REINIT and would even more appreciate if those are also available for defined struct.
over 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

New built-in function to retrieve defined groups of a REGEX

For the lately introduces regex functionality in PL1, it would be very useful to have (according to C's regexec) a new built-in for retrieving parts (content of capturing groups) directly.Furthermore, adding flags for the regex definition e.g case...
over 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

enable timeout and time out value are not used in push to client

company wide enabling and value setting is not avaialble for this right now , preferences on that page are not stored in the workspace, but in the configuration instance,
almost 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Delivered

New compile option INFOFS/NOINFOFS for Enterprise Cobol V5

Enterprise Cobol V5 changed the handling with the information-level file status.Version 5 restores the COBOL 85 conforming behavior: A successful read of a file might return file status 04 instead of 00, if the minimum and maximum record sizes do...
almost 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Delivered

Db2 - SQL Result / customize or remove resource column

I execute a SQL via Cobol-Member => Context Menu => Db2 for z/OS => Run SQL => so far ok. The result in the Remote System Details always shows me the Resource column => This column is always there. I can't take it out via the Custo...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer 4 Delivered

Provide meaningful ways of verifying right data files loaded to online

We load data files to the system thru E-type load or Image load (TLD). However there is no way to know that we loaded right ones to the system. We do have multiple revisions of the same file at CVS (source library). When Applications submit an onl...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

FA - Add BEAR display for Batch Dump Analysis

Batch abend analysis in FA does not show the BEAR (Breaking Event Address Register) in Batch-Dumps. The BEAR is available in many z/OS (SDWA, ESPIE, RTM) diagnostic control blocks. Currently BEAR is only shown in FA with CICS transaction dumps. Bu...
over 5 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Enable more than one Include-library when compiling a PL/1 Program in the USS

Given a program that needs several include members that reside in different libraries, it is not possible to compile the program "online" in the USS. Command: noexit incpds(ENDEVOR.USRTEST.PLIMAC) incpds(ENDEVOR.PRODUKT.PLIMAC) *PROCESS LIMITS ( E...
almost 2 years ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Delivered