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IDz Refactor Extract Section without Paragraph

If you use refactor Extract Paragraph you can also create a new Section. But if you do so you must fill the "New Paragraph Name". We want that we can create a new Section without a Paragraph. This new function should be a new entry in the Refactor...
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

"Complete" Code Coverage report covering multiple runs

It would be great to have the possibility to generate a "complete" code coverage report, on multiple job executions, showing us the "total" percentage and total number of lines of code which was actual covered, combined in the different job execut...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Improve documentation for Code Review JCL: AKGCR

For customers using z/OS Source Code Analysis. They can use the Code Review (CR) features on both the client and host. The documentation is geared towards customers who are setting this up on the client side. For customers setting this up on the h...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Documentation 2 Delivered

Creating symbolic maps from BMS maps with LANG=PLI in RDz.

We do have a lot of SDF II created BMS maps with LANG=PLI.Currently we do not have the possibility to create proper symbolicmaps from BMS maps with LANG=PLI in Rational Developer for System Z.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Support for INSTREAM DDs in the User Build function (RTC Integration Feature)

The User Build feature provided by the RTC Integration feature currently lacks support for INSTREAM DDs. As RTC itself supports INSTREAM DDs in their translators, it would be great to have that feature in the User Build too.
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

Column indicator line in Cobol editor

A preference is available in LPEX. Customer would like the same in COBOL editor. It is:LPEX Editor -> z Systems LPEX Editor -> COBOL parser -> Controls -> Column indicator line -> check box: Enable a vertical line that indicates the...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

zUnit to integrate an option for remote preprocessor

Our system relies heavily on a custom code for Cobol. It would be very helpful and ideal if we can just set the preprocessor option and use the original source code
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

zUnit: Preprocessor integration support (for example SWT01 for Cobol)

We have a variety of Cobol programs implemented in SWT01. The scanner of zUnit cannot interpret the SWT01 statements and therefore the test case is aborted/failed already during the creation of the use case.
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 4 Delivered

Need a confirmation dialog before drag&drop of files between file systems

In the "Remote Systems" view, the user can easily drag-and-drop files and directories and PDS from one place to another. This includes drag-and-drop between various types of file systems. For example, the user can drag-and-drop a PDS into a Unix f...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Delivered

Simplify rectangular block copy-paste in the COBOL editor

Currently, the COBOL editor allows the user to copy-paste a rectangular blocks of text. The user can activate the "block selection mode", then select a rectangular block and then copy it in the editor's clipboard. The issue comes when the user wan...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

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