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Free Source Format

The e-COBOL Compiler should follow the standard 2002 with the definition of free source format. It should be implemented how it was done in COBOL for AIX.- variable length up to 252 columns- existence of area A and area B (not standard-2002!!!)- s...
almost 12 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Possibility to change dynamically the interval that message DFHDS0102I is issued

In CICS TS 5.6, message DFHDS0102I was introduced to show the QR TCB CPU Dispatch Ratio. This message is issued, by default, every 5 minutes. To change the frequency of this message it is necessary to specify INITPARM=(DFHQRCPU='nn') as a system i...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

HOD HTML Override Functionality with Web Start

With browsers ending support for NPAPI plugins (with the exception of Internet Explorer, whose last version will be 11 and will seemingly be retired with the end of the Windows 10 support lifecycle), the direction is to move to using Web Start cli...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Not under consideration

Allow Search > Text > File function to be case insensitive

We direct our developers who use the COBOL and JCL edits to the Search > Text > File function when they are looking for an equivalent function to the LPEX Find All action. We occasionally run into issues because the Search > Text > Fil...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Job Notification enhancements

RDz developers have been waiting for years for a job completion notification. It was encouraging to see some movement on this request in v9.1.1. However, the passive nature of the notification is disappointing. MF developers are used to getting a ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Implement dynamic-capacity tables

Implement dynamic-capacity tables as defined by the COBOL 2014 standard (INCITS/ISO/IEC 1989:2014 [2014]).
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 7 Not under consideration

make CPSM routing module EYU9XLOP threadsafe

Please make the dynamic routing module EYU9XLOP threadsafe.
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

JSON PARSE – Conversion / Differentiation of NULL values

NULL values in PATCH method (how does Java actually differentiate?) When using the http request method PATCH it is necessary to distinguish whether a field was omitted or whether a null value was sent. A construct similar to the JSON PARSE conv...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Cobol JSON PARSE - Keep unparsed JSON Structures/Fields

It should be possible to store everything that is attached under a JSON object that you specify in an Xer field. For example, if I get a list of orders that I then have to pass on to subprograms, I would like to be able to parse {"topic": "xy", "o...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Option to have spaces treated as zeros at Runtime

Our COBOL V6 migration has been painful and slow. Much of this due to 'invalid data'. The biggest pain for our applications folks are when copy books and linkage areas initialized to spaces at the 01 level. To code around this in V6 is a lot of ex...
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

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