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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

Case Insensitive Compare

We would like to have a checkbox to choose if compare is case sensitive or not.
about 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

Update IDz UI to include all available options for CICS web assistants

We need to ability to set all the available parameters for the CICS web assistants (DFHWS2LS, DFHLS2WS, DFHSC2LS, DFHLS2SC, DFHJS2LS and DFHLS2JS) via the UI in IDz. An example of a currently missing parameter is DEFAULT-FRACTION-DIGITS for DFHWS2LS.
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Delivered

Symbolic in JCL doesn't work with "open member" option

While editing or browsing a JCL in RDz, you can select a dataset name in the JCL and from the context menu select the option "Open Member". This will open the dataset in RDz. If the dataset name has symbolic parameters in it, the open member produ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Allow margins to be ignored when comparing remote files

When comparing two remote files margins should be ignored.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

zUnit: No manual input values ??can be entered for FILLER fields using the test case editor

If a field on level 05 has been defined with a FILLER, it is not possible to specify a return value in the Test Case Editor. Unfortunately, this then means that subsequent processes cannot run through successfully because the return value from the...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Delivered

Copy local COBOL-Sources to z/OS: encoding-warning

We want to copy local COBOL-Sources (from Project-Explorer) to MVS-Files. The files don't contain any HEX-code or any unusual characters. The source isw copied correctly, but since IDz 14.2.2 there is an Encoding Warning: "The file contains charac...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

Display a pop-up when there's no affected property group to a JCL

A warning pop-up at the opening of a JCL by JCL Editor and before submitting it to affect a property group.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Program Control Flow fails on Cobol Editor error token

RDz Cobol editor doesn't tolerate the missing space and throws 'Error_Token unexpected tokens ignored' error. This in turn causes the Program Control Flow to fail. RDz COBOL editor behavior is inconsistent with the mainframe COBOL compiler where a...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered