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Need a step by step tutorial for zUnit with local projects

The documentation has some samples but with remote datasets. It will be helpful to have a tutorial with local projects as there is no zUnit property groups and building the testcase is different.
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

Filterstrings in remoteview

MVS filterstrings can not begin with "*" Example: *GCC.*.IDZ
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

zUnit to be available on VSC & CRW

Currently zUnit is only available on IDz. Test cases can be executed out of IDz but, test cases and recordings can only be created within IDz. This causes a lock-in in IDz, so this prevents using other IDEs like VSC or CodeReady Workspaces. We nee...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

IDz v16x RCE (HCE) should have option to transfer file similar to 3270 emulator

IDz v16x RCE (HCE) should have option to transfer file similar to 3270 emulator.IDz v16x RCE (HCE) should have option to transfer file similar to 3270 emulator. Regards. Ravindra
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 3 Not under consideration

Invoke COBOL preprocessor extension from another plugin

It should be possible to invoke the preprocessor from a plugin. At the moment you have to select "source - preprocessor - identify with preprocessor" from the editor. This option should be available from a plugin.
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

The function to import a test file as a stub is not available for local projects.

The function to import a test file (local or remote) as a stub is not available for local projects.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 3 Not under consideration

Simplify Db2 connection setup with TLS

When setting up a connection to a Db2 for z/OS in IDz 16 you are presented with a rather simple setup screen. There is no option to specify TLS as transport security so all connections are done insecure by default. All the customers I work with te...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Define a new HATS variable which will contain the highlighted text

Opening a file in an Editor, we would want to get the value of the highlighted text. For example, in the JCL editor, highlight one data set name, then with a right click this would pull in that data set name to an action.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

Create a specific file for parser error in Software Analyzer

Currently in Software Analyzer, when you analyze an entire workspace made of several programs, all the cobol parser errors are retrieved in the .log in the workspace without any possibility to oriented those result in a specific file.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

HCE keyboard setup/mapping

Add a setting so that we can modify the keyaboard mapping more than exsiting today. For example "Attn", "Esc", "Enter", "New line" and more.
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

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