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option to always check "Discover the pending changes to load for building x" in User Build

When opening the User Build dialog, we see an option on the second page called "Discover the pending changes to load for building x".We would like a preference to set the default value of this option, so that when the preference is true, this "dis...
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

Adding the possibility to deactivate "also delete sequential files and members" in project deletion

To avoid undesirable mass deletions on multiple programs/PDS, add the option to disable the option "also delete sequential files and members" to the deletion of a project/subproject in the z/OS projects view.
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 1 Planned for future release

Add Visual and Logical Text Layer in DB2 properties for IDz 16.x

Hi, For Hebrew users (or other languages that write from right to left), there is a need to read the SQL results in Visual Text Layer, otherwise the data is displayed in reverse order. We can't find the Text Layer option on Default BiDi Settings i...
10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

Need support for migrated dataset during DEPLOY_MODULES/UPDATE/MEMBER_COPY phase

When Wazi Deploy tries to copy to a dataset that has been migrated, it fails with an error in ZOAU dtouch which doesn't support migrated datasets: stderr_response: IKJ56893I DATA SET BUILD.PDSE.LOAD NOT ALLOCATED+ IGD17101I DATA SET BUILD.PDSE.LOA...
2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 1 Future consideration

Enable Hex mode for components with UTF-8 encoding.

Enable Hex mode for components with UTF-8 encoding. Hex mode (Alt + Shift + H) works for programs with Windows-1252 encoding, but the standard encoding used in git repositories is UTF-8. In this encoding, Hex mode displays the message “Hex editing...
24 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

Need support for MAc Tahoe operating system

We are upgrading our MAc's to Tahoe, and need IDz to support it.
25 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 0 Submitted

When using IBM Z Open Editor MCP server via Roo Code, allow the capability to use a ZOWE profile other than the default

Multi-Sysplex environments requires multiple ZOWE host profiles, currently the IBM Z Open Editor MCP server only considers the default ZOWE host profile. It would be beneficial to direct an IBM Z Open Editor MCP server to different LPARs without h...
25 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 0 Future consideration

PL/I MACRO support for IBM Z Open Editor

Please consider PL/I MACRO support for IBM Z Open Editor. We are considering modernizing our development environment for PL/I programs. We are particularly interested in VSCode, which is lightweight and used by many developers, and would like to u...
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Future consideration

Add functionality to the Cobol/JCL Editors

1) The following functions are available when using the Cobol/JCL Editor however they are not accessible from the context editor when right clicking on the source. Please make these functions available in the context menu of the Cobol/JCL Editor s...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

Add auto-completion for structures when using header files (C/C++)

When developping in C langage, the auto-completion is useful because it allows you to find the correct variable/function. However, when using a header file (example : #include "testpgmc.h") the auto-completion is not working but it is working when...
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Under review