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COBOL Sql Query Builder with additional logic included

We need the Query Builder in Rdz to be able to build COBOL SQL Syntax with the following capabilities:1. To be able to surround SQL with EXEC SQL ? END-EXEC2. To be able to attach Evaluate snippets/templates (Supplied by the user/client)3. To be a...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Can RDz suppport Microfocus APS COBOL?

RDz Editor currently cannot support parsing of APS-Cobol from microfocus, Users application are written in APS COBOL, which can get very limited benefit for using RDz. All smart editing features are disabled.
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDz/CARMA should present complete element data

When asking for the properties of an Endevor element via the CARMA interface we do not get all the relevant information. Previous actions for instance are not presented. For the developers this is important information that they need to have.A doc...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Not under consideration

Supporting JOBCORRELATOR in RDz JES Job Filter

In RDz your are only allowed to create filters using:owner, job name prefix, job status job class and job output class It would be really nice if the job correlation feature was also introduced in RDz.
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

RDz v9 lacks the functionality that integrates the preprocessor extension points and the error feedback mechanism.

Rational Developer for System z v9 lacks the functionality that integrates the preprocessor extension points and the error feedback mechanism. The current extension point preprocessors are designed to be used only for describing text transformatio...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

z/OS Explorer - Editor plug-in needed

I think there is an urgent need for a proper editor plug-in for z/OS Explorer, that will provide at least the same functionality as the ISPF editor for:- COBOL- REXX- JCL- CLIST
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

PL1- and Cobol Editor has wrong event handling with subscription

We are writing own plugins and are using the RDZ subscription mechanism. This mechanism works perfectly with the LPEX editor, but the pl1- and cobol editor when closing a dirty editor, sends first the close event and then the postChangeEvent on th...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

Reduce memory usage in CARMA C_GET_CONTAINER_CONTENTS

When a user is listing the entries (datasets, dataset members, etc.) under a container, all of the items are passed from the CARMA RAM to CARMA via memory (C allocation) and from CARMA to client via memory (Java allocation). It is needed to reduce...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Want the Push to Client to work for version releases

Nationwide needs a mechanism to push RDz product updates out to clients. We used push to client to install RDz v8.5 when clients were running v8.0.3.2 and this worked great. We thought it would work as well when we went to v9, but were just notifi...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

In the COBOL editor, be able to put the cursor at any column on a line like in LPEX

Using the LPEX editor, while editing COBOL, the user can put the cursor at any column in a line by just clicking with the left mouse button at the position where the cursor has to be set. After that, the user can enter text that will be inserted f...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration