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Local syntax check in RDz needs to support EXEC DLI commands to support the IMS enviornment

Currently RDz handles EXEC CICS and EXEC SQL commands. It also needs to handle EXEC DLI commands. This includes the automatic inclusion of the DLZDIB area that holds the DIB* fields used by IMS. The following code: EXEC DLI GU USING PCB (DBDAM81-P...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 7 Delivered

Support WSDL-Validation for ws-i compliance as RAD does

RDZ doesn't support the same service policies for validation of WSDL-Files as RAD does. In RDZ, we can select Service Policies/Profile Compliance WS-I AP 1.0 and WS-I BP 1.1 + SSBP 1.0. In RAD we can select the same Compliance and additional WS-I ...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

Need to be able to highlight multi jobs and click on the submit. Today the submit not available when select multi jobs

When I have to submit multi jobs on the mainframe at the same time I should be able to highlight all the desired jobs and click submit. It is slow to have to submit individual and more prone to error. In ISPF I can do this in 3.4 with the = on eac...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Map EGL BasicRecords to java byte arrays when calling ExternalType functions.

Provide a way to pass EGL structured records to java when calling External Type functions.EGL BasicRecords should be mapped to java byte arrays (or java.nio.ByteBuffer instances wrapping them) JavaLib.invoke supports passing basicRecords as parame...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Delivered

Media distribution for Rational Developer for System/z

The quantity of CDs for RD/z is somewhat ridiculous (I think that 7.6 has 58 CDs). A much more preferable option would be to put the client CDs onto a portable harddrive. The install should be modified (if necessary) so that after all upfront sele...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Delivered

formatted editor needs to display a column ruler

The FM 'formatted editor' in RDz needs to display a column ruler when displaying and editing files. Without that it is very very difficult to view and edit files (esp. binary files) with larger records. Without that column info you loose the overv...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Problem: CARMA only lists the first 200 lines of an element.

Problem: CARMA only lists the first 200 lines of an element. IBM requested that this RFE be opened and PMR #49714,487,000 be closed.
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 4 Delivered

Display all directory elements for a CA-Endevor SCM.

The CA Endevor SCM directory that is presented by CARMA does not list all members. Within an Endevor System/Subsystem we will have the same element name with different types. For example we will have the COBOL source, the link parameters and bind ...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

Outline view should not be closed when saving souce

The outline view of a source is collapsed in RDz if the source is saved by clicking the save icon or using presssing CTRL+S. This is bad behaviour. The outline view is to be closed only when the source itself is closed but not if the source is onl...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

hexadecimal display of job output needed

With SDSF it is possible to watch joblog/output in hexadecimal mode. This by issuing the SET HEX ON command in the SDSF command line.In RDz the joblog/output is displayed in charachter mode only. RDz needs to provide an option to display joblog/ou...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered