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Macro support using the Emulator

We need to be able to build multi Macro's. We would then like to beable to define keys on the keyboard that would automaticly kick off a predefined macro.
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

The "Check Data Set" button should process the <HLQ> variable

Currently the "Check Data Set" button ignores entries that use the <HLQ> variable.
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 7 Not under consideration

In the emulator a double click should act as an enter as all pc tools do

While in the emulator a douple click should act as an enter as it does with all other PC tools.
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDz should implement the TCPIP connection state of the art

As of today, the TCPIP initialization of RDz is not as it should be. There are 2 cases. The first one is if RDz is connecting to TCPIP during initialization and TCPIP is not yet up. RDz does NOT do any retries as other products (CICS etc) do. RDz ...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 3 Not under consideration

Generate the Symbolic Map from an API instead of from the context menu.

Ability to generate the Symbolic Map programatically. Currently this can only be done from the context menu and requires a set of steps to be done manually by the end user. In order to avoid end user errors the customer would like to perform this ...
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Top down approach(WSDL to copybook) for IMS SOAP

Our customer has decided to adopt interface centric design using WSDL. We have several environments including Web Services requester and provider. So we must have both top-down approach (WSDL to COBOL copybook) and bottom-up approach (COBOL copybo...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

Extend RDz GUI design to support more info in "Remote Scenarios"

In RDz EST, What happens if I export a particular project and another developer imports it and tries to regenerate the artifacts while not having a z/OS system connection defined that I had used originally.
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

Special hex value to be recognized by RDz client local syntax check

Host cobol program contains some hex value in working storage, e.g. x'00'. A RDz client (producct component: 5724T0700) local syntax check will create some error message on the client interface indicating 'IGYGR1056=E "VALUE" literal exceeded the ...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 4 Not under consideration

correct order of index columns in view "modell report" in the data perspective

In the data perspective there are two possibilities to see the columns of an index of a db2-table. Scenario 1:- select a table- select an index- select details in the view properties>>> here you can see the columns in the right order (and...
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 2 Not under consideration

COBOL Code Formatter

From a Context Menu - "pretty-print" or re-format COBOL code according to either logic of IF/Perform nesting - or better! According to a set of custom rules
almost 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

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