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"Toggle Comment" in the jcl editor

What I have expected - and what I need - was a function 'toggle comment' like it exists in the cobol editor. In this editor, it is bound to the same shortcut Ctrl+/ so I was a little bit puzzled and have mistaken 'Toggle Comment Continuation' with...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Delivered

Column number from 1 to 6 disappear when NUM COB is on in LPEX editor

In LPEX, when NUM COB is on, columns 1 to 6 disappear from heading rule at the head of file.
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 6 Delivered

Adding a new Formatter default preference

We need you to add a new preference for Cobol formatter concerning indentation inside procedure division. We need to handle MOVE commands to several variables with one variable per line
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

zUnit : The HLQ from the MVS subproject should be used / available in the zUnit preferences

The HLQ from the MVS subproject should be used / available in the zUnit preferences 1) Indeed we would like to have at least 2 variables available in the preferences of zUnit • <HLQ> which should be substituted with from the HLQ-value of th...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 4 Delivered

If step does not have SYSOUT or SYSPRING, JES step does not show return code

When submitting a job, if there is an error, the JES should generate the SYSPRINT or SYSOUT regardless of the DUMMY DD in the JCL.
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 4 Delivered

Renumber the two columns if the option 'Check for sequence numbers in both areas' is ticked.

The new 'Check for sequence numbers in both areas' Unnumbering option is linked to RFE 68691 (delivered in RDz 9.5.1). It can be reached in Window > Preferences > COBOL > Editor > Sequence Numbers.When this option is selected and the U...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 6 Delivered

Plug-in development: Enhance the IRemoteCommand interface to customize the timeout-value

Please add the possibility to customize the timeout-value at the IRemoteCommand interface. The default is 20 seconds, which is to low in some cases. http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQ2R2_9.1.1/com.ibm.ftt.api.resource.doc/javadoc/refer...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 4 Delivered

Avoid blank searches with a preventing message

When a search is made without any argument (blank search), maxthreadtasks are reached and memory resources linked to threads are used to achieve the blank search request, resulting in important timeouts.However, there is no specific message that i...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Case Insensitive Compare

We would like to have a checkbox to choose if compare is case sensitive or not.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

RDz CARMA opens Endevor package for edit when the same package is being updated using "native" Endevor (ISPF)

Customer would like RDz CARMA to verify that Endevor package is not currently being updated by another user before opening it for edit. Customer would also like RDz CARMA to lock/enqueue Endevor package when opened for edit so that another user ca...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 4 Delivered

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