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IBM Developer for z/OS

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Field length in debugger

When Debugging, I can see the value of the variables that are in the statement that is being executed, and I can monitor any variable that I care to monitor. But I can not see the length of the field anywhere. There are times that we use the LENGT...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Need to be able to access CA-View from RDz

Provide the ability to access the CA-View product from RDz. Currently, JES information is rolled in to a product called CA-View after 24 hours. After the jobs are placed in CA-View, the programmers no longer have the ability to view the job's outp...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Symplyfing windows preferences

First making categories for every product, if You have installed more then one for example RAD + RDZ or RBD + RDZSecond exoprting of filters or exporting everything
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Debugging feature like RAD

Having a perform using then the F6 key should have the funcionality jumping over and not into the section
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Missing MVS filter for dependencies in offline/online work for PL/I

I created PMR 08875 113 848 and was aksed to create this RFE.The request is:If you want to go offline and you have dependencies (pl/i copybooks), the tool does only support/allow this, if you have a MVS filter for those files. The request is, that...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Rdz Lpex change command not like z/os

When changing it is possible that the last word is in column 73 for example:move aa to bbbbch "aa" "ffffff" result:move ffffff to bbbb
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

RDz will need to provide an infrastructure which support local syntax check of a remote file with custom preprocessing.

RFE submitted on behalf of TSYS. Roger Riedel (RogerRiedel@tsys.com) and Chris Perkerson (cperkers@tsys.com) are TSYS contacts. RDz currently provides an infrastructure which allows remote syntax check of a remote file with a custom preprocessor. ...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Ability to define filters at member level

The customer would like to have the ability to define a MVS filter so that he can discriminate at a member level. Now, when he define a filter he ends with the data set and when we expand the list we get all of the members included in that data se...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Import remote members as SQL script into a Data Developer Project

Most zOS developers are used to work with the DB2 ISPF SPUFI interface and have saved their SQL scripts in a PDS file on zOS. When Working with the Data perspective in a Data Developer Project many developers would like to directly be able to impo...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

My Search Queries Enhancement

Provide the ability to add Saved Search queries to a zOS Sub Project. Currently, all saved RSE Search queries are listed under My Search Queries. User want the ability to add a Saved Search query to zOS Sub Projects similar to the way the add a CO...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration