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IBM Developer for z/OS

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One-click Save and Submit - for COBOL, PL1, BMS, MFS

From StandardWare and others, during a demo, "can a user right-click while editing a source file, and essential:1. save changes2. run a local syntax check 3. if no errors - submit a job to the system in which the source originated
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

make FEKFERRF allocations user customizable

make FEKFERRF allocations user customizable. Franka knows details
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

RDZ/SCLM DT; Unit of Work Processing (cross referncing capability) 3.11 option on SCLM not available in 7.5.

Unit of Work Processing (cross referncing capability) 3.11 option on SCLM not available in 7.5.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

The EST (DFHWS2LS) in Rational Developer for System Z (RDZ) v. 7.5.1 does not support the Catalog.xml standard.

The Catalog.xml standard enables you to use URI rewriting when XML Schema resolution is taking place. This enables you to have a common place where you store XML Schema files, that must be shared across several Enterprise Service Tools projects. T...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 4 Not under consideration

Enhance RDZ's Lauchpad.exe program so it does not hang when creating directories to long for Windows

Provide a pop up that requests a directory with a name that will not exceed the maximum characters supported by windows.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

RDz's Menu Manager for Zions Bank Enhancement #4

Provide the ability to create a menu manager action selection by simply right clicking. Currently, customer defined menu manager actions only appear when right clicking on a data set member. This request is to remove this limitation.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Not under consideration

RDz's Menu Manager for Zions Bank Enhancement #3

3. JCL editor should recognize marked up JCL. ? not give errors.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

RDz's Menu Manager Zions Bank Enhancement #2

2. Allow descriptions in the field title that would be different than what is used in the markup JCL.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

RDz's Menu Manager for Zions Bank Enhancement #1

1. Giving me the ability to order the fields on the screen in a different order than alphabetic order.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Require ability to generate BMS DSECT on mainframe

Current BMS map editing capability supports generation of DSECT only within IDE. As this is a system-generated artifact, we would prefer to generate using a batch job on mainframe after saving map macros into source control system. We wish to keep...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration