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File Manager for z/OS

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File Manager Base - CSV export

Enable File Manager Base feature to export sequential data in CSV, comma-delimited, format.
over 8 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Add ability to select all fields when using FM plug-in template editor

Add the ability to select all fields, or deselect all fields, in the FM plug-in Template Editor, as able to do when using the Template Editor under ISPF.
about 4 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

Open and Close CICS files with a batch job

Provide a batch job that runs File Manager to open and close CICS files. This function could be expanded to do any CEMT command.
about 4 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

Ability to Save "Temp" and "Dynamic" Templates

Would like the ability to save a template that was a temporary or dynamic template after it was applied to the data.
almost 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

Permit FCH (Find/Change) function to use embedded spaces

FCH will only change a string to a larger string if the line being changed has trailing blanks.Customers are using the workaround (specifying JCL=NO and adding column numbers) to exec FCH with different string lengths.
almost 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

file mnager enhancement

I use enhanced search a lot. I would like to be able to sort the results by creation date or last modified date. It could behave like "=3.4" in ISPF, where you can pf11 to RHS and extra sortable columns are displayed.
over 4 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered

FM Loadlib-Utility should show CompilerOptions

In FileManager there are Utility Functions for loadlibs.They show name (and version) of used compiler, compile date...But it didn't show the used compiler options of the objects bound together.
over 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

FileManager supports Thai Language Table

Thailand customer uses Thai language.So, the default translation table for ENGLISH (FMNTRTBS) should be changed accordingly with Thai Language. I am attaching the Thai Language table, names as FMNTRTHT.xmit. Please put this table into installation...
almost 5 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Dynamic templates allow a user to define specific fields, or criteria and not save this information. The 3270 interface allow

Dynamic templates allow a user to define specific fields, or criteria and not save this information. The 3270 interface allows for this scenario. The contact in RBC are:- Jerry Kalyn - Manager of DevOps Center of Excellence - email: jerry.kalyn@rb...
about 5 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered

FMIMS - Improve first-time Template Generation for large users

FMIMS should be able to generate Templates in Batch as iscurrently available with FM Base. Also the Layout member fieldson panel FMN1PT2 could be pre-populated with the Segment tosave typing/Cut&paste when using the current manual process
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered

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