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File Manager for z/OS

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Address File Mgr 'OPT 3; VSAM only' Display limitation.

From the Responder text in PI10803: "When using File Manager 3.4 Catalog Services, migrated datasets should only be shown when Option 1 (Any) is selected. File Manager cannot distinguish between migrated VSAM and non-VSAM datasets." Currently , th...
almost 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

allow profiles to be setup with “RECOVERY ON” so UNDO commands can be performed in Edit mode.

Provide the ability to allow profiles to be setup with “RECOVERY ON” so UNDO commands can be performed in Edit mode. This capability has been in ISPF Edit. It's a huge omission not to allow edits to be undone within File Manager; in essence, forci...
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Display the Column / Field Names on Multiple Lines

It would be nice if File Manager had the option to display column / field names continued on multiple lines instead of straight across. For example, instead of CUST-FIRST-NAME display CUST- on line 1, FIRST- on line 2 and NAME on line 3. Example: ...
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

cursor position in file plugin PDTOOLS V12

When you enter a file Z / os, the cursor is in position 1, but the plugin is under the cursor is in position 0. Thank you to upgrade the plugin to start the cursor postion 1
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Support RDz v8.5 for File Manager v13 plugin

Our host is planning an upgrade of File Manager to v13, however most of our client is still using RDz v8.5 and they won't go to RDz v9 in near future. So they will not be able to use File Manager plugin as v13 plugin can only install to RDz v9+. P...
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Support copy & paste DB2 table records across different schema

Support copy & paste DB2 table records across different schema.
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Requesting File Manager produce FORMAT=CHAR position lines in output

Customer needs to see position lines in output when using FORMAT=CHAR.
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

RDz support serach and replace across PDS

RDz now can only do "Search and Replace" within the same member. It should also support this function to multiple member / PDS.
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

RDz File Manager Copy Wizard - allow dataset and SMS entries

Using the File Manger Copy Wizard through RDz. We realized that the copy wizard is changing the management class to IMMED, which causes the files to go away in less than 1 day. Can this be fixed?We went through the copy wizard ?next? options to se...
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Use EasyTreive Layouts with File Manager

In addition to the current Assembler DSECT, COBOL Copybook, and PL/I Include file layouts, provide an interface to use EasyTreive record layouts.
over 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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