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RDz remote preprocessor - cannot view declaration for variables within the mouse over code for generated statements.

Would be nice to be able to look at (mouse over) the declarations for variables within the mouse over area of the flagged preprocessor statements. ie. as we can for variables within the input source itself. We can already see declarations for copy...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

RDz Remote Preprocessor not flagging some lines generated by Netron CAP Processor

We have configured the RDz remote preprocessor to execute a Netron COBOL preprocessor on the host...via REXX. The process seems to work OK for most Netron source but for some cases, many of the lines are incorrectly identified as preprocessor stat...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Real Time Syntax Checker doesn't flag missing parenthesis in a PIC clause

The COBOL or LPEX editor doesn't flag a missing parenthesis in a PIC clause unless a syntax check is performed.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

Automation to export WebServices Project and import into a new workspace

Users would like to be able to copy WebServices Project from one workspace to another including the configuration without having to manually regenerate the project.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 1 Not under consideration

Add ability to add External Compare tool for bit compare with IDz/RDz

Add ability to add an external tool to do a bit compare using RDz.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 1 Not under consideration

RDz support for CICS EXEC CPSM command

RDz does not support EXEC CPSM commands. If we use RDz to edit COBOL programs containing CPSM commands, they are flagged as errors and the parser prevents some advanced functions like "Program Flow" from working.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Add feature to PLI and COBOL Custom Rules API to get text associated with a node

Add to the COBOL or PLI custom rule API a way to check for the existence of a statements or text and then if it exists, list it as a string or block.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Enhance preprocessor support of pli-syntax-parser in RDz

Not all preprocessor-statements are recognized by the syntaxparser of the PLI-Editor in RDz, although theses Statements can be compiled and are valid.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

Clarify and make configurable the ways to load dependencies in RDz user build

In the user build definition dialog, included in IDz 14.0.0.3, on the 2nd page of the wizard, you select the files to load. There are 2 checkboxes: - Discover the pending changes to load fir building "xxx.cbl"- Discover the dependancies to load fo...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Customize error/warnings for pli sources

When developing Java you can customize error/warings under Window-Preferences-Java-Compiler-Errors/Warnings. For example you can ignore some warnings. This Feature would also be useful for PLI.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

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