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IDz Dead Code functionality for PL/I

In RDz and IDz, the Identify Unreachable Code functionality is not available for PL/I. This same functionality is available in COBOL, but not an option to identify dead code for PL/I code. We are needing this functionality to address our overall M...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Future consideration

Implement way to set CICS/DB2 check in Prop Group temporary on remote syntax check

For us as customer it's not possible to distinguish between modules with/without CICS or DB2 to select the correct property group with/without CICS or DB2. This means, the remote syntax check will always find issues in COBOL sources with EXEC SQL ...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

Save Menu Manager variables

When displaying a menu window. It displays the default values that we defined (Windows -> Preferences -> Menu Manager -> Actions and Menus). Is there a way to remember the user last choice? So when I set a library name, it will be display...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

User build option to be visible for second program as project default for 1st program and wizard to be improved

It will reduce the developer time for userbuild. I have added all description as attached the screen and shot. Kindly refer the ticket no TS009289506 if any additional questions
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 1 Future consideration

PL/I-Editor Automatically clear Identifications when you would like to format a source

At the moment you can't format a source when you have pre-processor information for that source available. So you need to clear all identifications manually in order to run the formatter. The formatter is very important for us because eg we do all...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Future consideration

Check-box Remoter Error List

Regarding to a request TS003124951 i asked if ther was some checkbox to check so when run Remote Syntax Error of a cobolprogram the Remote error list could be filled with warnings and errors.If it is not the current active view this could be confu...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 4 Future consideration

API to fill manually the Remote Error List

In IDz we would like to offer to our developers the Remote Error list filled with the compile errors / warnings / information of Cobol Programs. Since we have a multi-step-compile we cannot use the usual way for this feature due to a shift of the ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Future consideration

Depending on whether the compile option is ADV (default) or NOADV, it seems that future measures are needed.

Depending on whether the compile option is ADV (default) or NOADV, it seems that future measures are needed. 1) For ADV option The product development team also confirmed that the combination of the WRITE ADVANCING clause and the ADV compiler opti...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

Limit the size of drag and drop file in RDz

Need a way to control the file size for the "drag and drop" action from host to local. If the file size exceed a predefined value, the action should fail.
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 1 Future consideration

DB2 Comment -- colors

In the PDP Editor, I would like to be able to configure the color of DB2 comments. In the attached image, you'll see the DB2 comments in red boxes. They look like all of the other code in working storage. Can -- be recognized and highlighted?
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 5 Future consideration

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