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ISRLEMX should expand Copybooks even if COPY is not the first word of the line

I try expanding copybooks into our sources using ISRLEMX. But this doesn't work for most of our Cobol-programs as ISRLEMX only seems to work if COPY is the first word of the line. ISRLEMX should support all possible COPY codings supported by the C...
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

Fault Analyzer Should Accept Assembler Side Files not in ADATA format

Fault Analyzer currently cannot accept listings for Assembler programs were compiled in Endevor using ‘NOADATA' option. We have over 6000 programs compiled this way that can be accepted into other Fault Analysis tools.
over 8 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Default Message Length to Blank for File Manager MQ Edit

When inserting a message on a queue in file Manager, the insert message length defaults the length of the queue. This length is often very large and if left as defaulted actually results in a Virtual Memory Storage error when trying to insert. We ...
over 8 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

[RPP] Is there a way to block the data entry on the right column in RPP

Hi, Is there a way to block the data entry on the right column in RPP ? Regards, Christophe
over 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

IPtrace output.

Customer is requesting an option when post processing IPtrace to include both the EBCDIC and ASCII side by side on the same report. Today it lets them request either EBCDIC or ASCII
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Present a more meaningful message when Remote Syntax Check is called with "CTRL+ALT+R" on sequential dataset COBOL sources.

Present the IDz user a more meaningful profesional message when calling Remote Syntax Check with shortcut "CTRL+ALT+R" on sequential dataset COBOL sources. Currently IDz users receive an unexpected and unclear technical exception error dialog when...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Display SMFID in E3270UI instead of or next to LPARNAME

In the Enhanced 3270 UI, provide the SMFID next to or instead of the LPARNAME in panels like KOBSTART,KM5LPRO3 and KM5TOPC, .
over 12 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 7 Not under consideration

Allow to execute some code upon dll load

I have a dll requiring some code to be executed once at dll load time.Some reserved variables must be initialized (but not possible with a simple INIT clause) and some imported variables (from another dll) must be accessed at that time.
over 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Toggle new Comment in JCL Editor

The function "Toggle Comment Continuation" (Ctrl+/)in the jcl editor inserts a character (*) on position 72 so that the comment can continue the next line (line beginning with // + one space) it works fine but it is not the recommended way for ins...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Dynamic definition of log stream names flexible (GSE requirement DBCICD98036)

Dynamic definition of system logs does not cover more than 20 CICS-systems.IBM does not recommend to use more than 20 logstreams within one structure. The dynamic installation of system logs will connect all logs to one structure, even if there ar...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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