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IBM HourGlass should support XPLINK and 64-bit C programs

There are three combinations of linkage conventions and addressing modes supported by the IBM XL C/C++ compiler on z/OS: 31-bit non-XPLINK, 31-bit XPLINK and 64-bit XPLINK. XPLINK provides performance benefits and 64-bit addressing mode provides s...
over 11 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Unable to find the RDz Push to client Configuration group to which the user has bound a workspace without enabling the trace.

If the user/admin, is not sure about the configuration group that was selected on the Update Available wizard. There is not an easy way to find that. As per IBM PoC, we would have to turn on the trace. This enhancement request is to provide the us...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

ZDDMP EXPORT option

SNCF company use TPF DUMP VIEWER on TOOKIT.We use ZDDMP package to capture dumps.In this package, we have IMPORT option but no EXPORT option to send the dumps to another remote server.Is it possible to create this EXPORT option ?Thanks.Best regards.
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

Optimize code set conversion for character based PLI fields in ws converter code generated by RDz, xsebatch

PLI xml-converter generated by RDz, xsebatch suitable for IMS-SGW product interacts with SGW based on UTF-8 XML on one side. On the other side the converter interacts with IMS based on a choosable target CCSID. During the request/response handling...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

Create a CICS CBL statement to indicate a COBOL program is threadsafe

Create a CBL statement that can be included in the COBOL source program that indicates the program is threadsafe. At compile/linked time the compiler/linkeditor should detect this CBL statement and indicate that the load module is threadsafe. If r...
over 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Support flagged changed line in Cobol Editor

"Flagged changed line" is the feature in LPEX editor, but it don't have the same feature in COBOL editor. We think Cobol editor shoudl also have it.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDZ 8.5.1.1 - Add to Overview Diagram - Filter Menu

The filters menu is not user friendly. For compartments, there is an ALL COMPARTMENTS. There should be an ALL SHOW option for (show data types, label, null, and foreign key). Also, the menu should not disappear when you select one of the show opti...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Allow user to browse CARMALOG and MSG3FILE files when using CRASTART servers

CRASTART servers use less resources and do not require a JES initiator. This is the recommended setup for production. However, there is a serious issue with this. NO ONE can view the output logs from CARMA-Endevor plugin because they are exclusive...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 2 Not under consideration

Worldwide CICS education course about CICS Performance and Tuning

There are some Asia customers include China customers requested CICS education course for 'CICS Performance and Tuning'. IBM didn't provide available courses for world wide customers. Can IBM deliver course for this topic ?
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

More CICS IA Command Flow enhancements

The following requests have come from existing customers:1) Create a time/calander option independent of the standard CINT timer options that will allow command flow to be activited and terminated from a timer/calendar. Customers collect dependenc...
over 11 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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