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IBM Developer for z/OS

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XML to COBOL converter numeric conversion inefficient

The algorithm / code generated by Rational Developer for z Series to convert incoming XML data to COBOL numeric data types is inefficient. This is my understanding of the generated inbound (XML to COBOL) XML converter code: 1) Whenever the convert...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 5 Not under consideration

PDS 'refresh' not working for anything except ISPF updates

Please see IBM issue 90060-227. This pertains to RDz client not recognizing updates to PDS members unless the update is done by TSO/ISPF. TSO/ISPF is the only thing that currently updates the "user data" area in the PDS directory, and that's appar...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

BPXBATSL/RDZ should return meaningful/useful messages.

Have BPXBATSL/RDS return meaningful/useable or valid messages when security issues are present.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Display Cobol tables and PL/I arrays, single dimension & multi-dimension like native language in the RDz Monitor window

Take a 3 dimensional Cobol table that looks like this:01 TABLE1. 02 TABLE1B OCCURS 2 TIMES. 03 SUB-TABLE OCCURS 3 TIMES. 05 SUB-TAB-ID PIC XXX. 05 REC-FORMAT OCCURS 75 TIMES. 07 SEG-IND PIC X. 07 SEG-ID PIC XXX. 07 ADDR-OF-SEG POINTER.When I monit...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Need to password popup when after wrong password entered

Customer need to have password popup functionality when after wrong password entered on RDz's data tools. (Database development perspective). Once the user typed wrong password, and after tries 3times, the userid will revoke. When, wrong password ...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

<JOBNAME> system variable not documented

<JOBNAME> system variable not documented
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Documentation 4 Not under consideration

Add a message box indicating that no remote file synchronization is possible

When requesting a remote synchronization with no remote file, there is no indication that it can not be performed. This behavior is inherited from the team synchronization functionality from Eclipse. Eclipse indicates there isn't a remote file by ...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Is a defect

Content Assist not available from Remote Search and Remote z/OS Search tabs in RD/z.

Content Assist (CTRL-Space) is not currently available from Remote Search and Remote z/OS Search tabs in RD/z. We would like this functionality because we think it would be very beneficial to have the Content Assist feature available on these tabs...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

limit the password length in Rational Developer for System z

When customer is useig 6 - 8 characters limited password. Unlimit password length of logon prompter can cause the user error. Length limiting in preference is required by customer's security policy.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

RDz should permit copy+paste (drag-and-drop) of a PDS member to a PS file

RDz should permit copy+paste (drag-and-drop) of a PDS member to a PS file
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

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