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Do not show fields in a copybook that are not part of a variable length record, when the length is less that the copybook

“While viewing a variable length file(QSAM/VSAM) in FileManager, using the single formatted record, it would make sense that it should first look at the two bytes of the RDW to determine how far to scroll down. Currently there is no distinction be...
over 6 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

P-COM V13(64bit) EHLLAPI 64bit support

I have an RFE request to IBM Personal Communications(PCOM) V13(64bit).64bit version dose not include EHLLAPI library.(32bit version includes it).
over 4 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 4 Delivered

CICS CM enhancement to submit timed dynamic installs

I've developed a way to have the migration exit in Configuration Manager perform dynamic installations of packages at a specific time. I believe this would be a useful addition to the base product. I am currently using the description in the packa...
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

Using IBM Developper for System z - Debug Tool should enable to configure the DBGMGR default wait time.

Using Debug Miner, Debug Manager notifies the z/OS Debugger client of the user who will receive this debug session. If the user is not registered at this moment, the debug session goes dormant. Debug Probe will wait 300 seconds in standard mode an...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Control over JSON transform stripping out low value '00'/non-printable characters

z/OS Connect JSON transformation should be at user control. There needs to be an option to leave return values in binary if the user so chooses, so that the application can manage the returned content.
almost 9 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Honor input case for extract to paragraph/section

Currently the "extract to paragraph or section" function doesn't allow mixed case / lowercase input for the name. Please allow all cases as input and honor them on creating the new section or paragraph.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Delivered

print screen facility in Host Emulator

If you work on Z/OS from a PCOMM session, you can print the screen by clicking on the first icon: print entire screen or marker area.In the RDz Host Emulator, there's no print facility. The only way is to print the screen by clicking on PrtSc on t...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

Support for WAS 8 by RBD and RDi with SOA v8

We have been using RDi for SOA for three years to do HATS development as well as RPG development. We even have plans to use EGL. We upgraded to RDi for SOA 8.0 for HATS 8.0 and WebSphere 8.0 support. After several days of trials and tribulations, ...
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Inter-product Integrations 4 Delivered

Accept XMLOMIT attribute on structures

The XMLOMIT attribute is currently not accepted on structures. The following declaration dcl 1 a, 2 b xmlomit, 3 part1, 4 d1 fixed bin init(0), 4 d2 fixed bin init(0), 3 part2, 4 d1 fixed bin init(1), 4 d2 fixed bin init(0), 2 last fixed bin init(...
over 4 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Accept XMLATTR attribute on arrays when the dimension is inherited

XMLATTR is currently invalid with arrays.While this makes sense when the name has its own dimension, it should be accepted if the dimension is inherited.
over 4 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

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