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File Manager for z/OS

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Using the FIND from Find/Replace in GUI yeilds no results

When invoking the Formatted Editor from inside Fault Analyzer on a Load library member, and using the Find function of Find/Replace, no / incorrect results are displayed
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

RFE - Option ALL not available for ROW COUNT

Option ALL not available for ROW COUNT
over 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Textual display of MQ header data tags in FIle Manager WMQ option

FM can show the WMQ header fields with the sample templates.The message data can also be further formatted or not as you like, with either language based or dynamic templates, which would allow for mapping unknown length message data. However FM d...
over 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

File Manager /ISPF

Manual and awesome issue in File Manager when working with more that one structure imposed to a dataset. An automatic option is requested. It seems as if all necessary data is ad hand to implement a solution.
over 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 5 Not under consideration

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...
over 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...
over 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: ...
over 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
over 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...
over 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.
over 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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