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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

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

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.
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Cobol editor - filter views

Add filter views that exist in the Lpex editor.
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Allow margins to be ignored when comparing remote files

When comparing two remote files margins should be ignored.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

Facilitating audit.log browsing

As we handle numerous users, we need the audit .log to be more accessible especially when we need to deal with incidents and trace one or several users activity. Browsing it from PCOM USS is difficult and uncomfortable. Doing it through UNIX files...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

need JES spool to be opened with System z data editor instead of LPEX

Opening a large remote dataset or JES output can lead to out of memory error on the RDz client because LPEX editor will load the whole content into memory.System z Data Editor has a paging mechanism which could solve the problem but currently it c...
about 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 6 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...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

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