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IDz: Allow IDZ user build variables to be generated from RTC language definition/translator instead of manually via IDz Prefs

In an IDz user build, DDNAMEs using variables as STEP RCs in a build have to be defined manually in the context of the z/os project.Normally, the STEPS and initBuild are defined as properties of the language definition by navigating to IDz Window/...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Future consideration

Need a step by step tutorial for zUnit with local projects

The documentation has some samples but with remote datasets. It will be helpful to have a tutorial with local projects as there is no zUnit property groups and building the testcase is different.
11 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 1 Future consideration

IDz Software Analyzer should work with many Programs

In IDz you can select multiple Programs in the Software Analyzer Configurations. When you for example select "Analyze selected projects" for a Project with 902 Cobol Files you will get an error. Please see Ticket "IDz Software Analyzer could not p...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

Check the transfer of the source files from Local to Remote System that contain unmappable characters to EBCDIC

When using local projects to develop COBOL or PLI then files are UTF8 encoded and it is possible to add characters that cannot be mapped later on to an EBCDIC code page. Check the encoding to avoid that unmappable characters to EBCDIC are transfer...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

Option to disable automatic file association.

Provide an option to disable the automatic file association that is done when opening a file that does not meet any z/OS File Mapping criteria. Since the PMR ID field above doesn't accept the new TS ID format, here it is: TS002715273
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

Having possibility to add a parameter with related to existing pointer parameter on the zUnit editor

Having possibility to add a parameter with related to existing pointer parameter on the zUnit editor
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 5 Future consideration

Cobol Editor: Behavior of Manage Sequence Numbers

When you activate function "Manage Sequence Numbers" you can insert characters in position 1 to 72 without shifting the sequence number (position 73 to 80) to the right.But when there is a character in position 72 and you continue to type you will...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 7 Future consideration

Provide mechanism for setting BZUEXTRA with location of loadlib dataset (PDS) containing business load module

I am opening this RFE on behalf of customer (THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP) to improve zUnit automation and generation process. Currently, zUnit does not provide an easy method for specifying the loadlib dataset (PDS) containing the test target...
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Future consideration

Improve to include a SEARCH facility to perform a member search. In critical in case we have 500+ elements for DBB

Improve to include a SEARCH facility to perform a member search in situations where the customer needs to handle 500+ elements for DBB.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 3 Future consideration

More capitalization options in auto formatter

We would like to have some more specific options on capitalization/uppercase/lowercase/mixed-case functions for "user defined words" in the Cobol Editors autoformatter: A) An option only to rework user defined words in Procedure Divison matching t...
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

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