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Support for // as comment indicator in PLI editor

In our version 14.1.5 of IDz, '//' as indicator for a comment in pl1-programs is not supported by the syntax highlighting. And there is also no information that the current version of IDz 14.1.6 supports it. Since IDz supports Enterprise PLI 5.2 a...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

z/OS Connect: set dynamic code page selection by a header value

z/OS Connect: set dynamic code page selection by a header value When invoking a service in z/OS Connect EE, dynamically select the code page translation based on a HTTP request header value. i.e. The client sends a request via the Invoke URLSend a...
over 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Allow a Global Transaction to be spread across multiple IMS Connect and IMS Control region on different LPAR.

Currently a distributed two-phase commit global transaction that involves IMS Connect has the restriction that IMS Connect and IMS have to be on the same LPAR. To clarify this restriction, IMS Connect and the IMS that receives the input msg must b...
over 11 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 5 Delivered

Software Analyzer -CAM-API: comment lines

Trying to implement COBOL-rules using the CAM-API I missed the possibility to handle comment lines by having a method like visit(CommentStmt n) with the opportunity to get the contents of a comment line.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Enterprise Cobol V6 - Direct support for UNBOUNDED table in ALLOCATE and FREE statements

The ALLOCATE and FREE Enterprise Cobol V6 statements are not directly usable for structures containing an UNBOUNDED table. We suggest extension syntax to ALLOCATE and FREE statements. ALLOCATE arithmetic-expression-1 CHARACTERS [INITIALIZED] RETUR...
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Delivered

Update LRM and add warning message for the new way of "Passing arguments to the MAIN procedure" via PARMDD

Please update the language reference manual and strongly recommend coding the parameter to a MAIN procedure as CHAR(*) VARYING (plus INONLY NONASGN) instead of CHAR(100) VARYING. Please add a new warning message if a respectively the only one para...
almost 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Forward CVx64 data to PLU when in relay mode

With regulatory compliance requirements growing every day, many IBM customers are asking for more comprehensive audit trails of origin IP addresses through TN3270 connections, especially those that include session managers. While there is some goo...
almost 3 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Quick Fix should suggest to create a section (and not only a paragpraph) on unknown perform

When typing perform with an unknown paragraph, the quick fix function suggests to create a paragraph but not to create a section. The feature should be enhanced to also suggest creating a section.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

File Manager - editing alias queue associated with a remote queue

We are requesting to include into File Manager this new functionality with editing an alias queue associated with a remote queue. Currently we are facing this errror: In File Manager, not able to use file manager option 9.3 to edit the LESE.KCTC.A...
almost 6 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered

CICS - Threadsafe Modules for Web Support

Is it possible to make all or some of the modules listed below Threadsafe? DFHWBUNDFHWBXNDFHWBADFHWBBLIEYU9XLOP
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

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