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Launch “User Build” for more than one cobol program at a time.

It would be very useful to be able to run the “DBB” for more than one program at a time. That is, select two or more cobol programs, right click and launch a dependency based build for these two selected programs. I understand the problem with the...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 0 Under review

Provide License Strategy during installation for Value Unit Licensing (Host Based Licensing)

During installation of IDz the product defaults to using the Trial License and then allows for the setting of various license types. There is currently no setting for Value Unit Licensing (host based licensing) and if the trial license in effect f...
23 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 0 Submitted

Performance improvements reuested when using the built in Remote Connection Emulator under IDz 16.0.2

Compared to standalone host connection emulator software like PCOMM, the built in Remote Connection Emulator (RCE) under IDz 16.02 is slower in performance when navigating ISPF screens and entering commands. The usability of the RCE could be impro...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 1 Future consideration

Mouse click enhancements to the Remote Connection Emulator bundled with IDz

Many modern 3270 emulators respond to mouse clicks when working with ISPF menus and screens. For example, we use the SWAPBAR when switching between multiple ISPF screens. To move between one screen and the next all we have to do is a single mouse ...
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 0 Under review

Full keyboard mapping in RCE

This idea comes from TS014282019. In the IDz 15.0.3 the host emulator supported the full keyboard mapping. For example, there are two enter keys in full keyboard, our devs would like to map the second enter key to a different function. This functi...
almost 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 1 Future consideration

LPEX EDITOR command line should also support hex value search similar to tso 3.4 ex f x'0D'

LPEX EDITOR command line should also support hex value search similar to tso 3.4 ex f x'0D' . Please refer IBM case TS016750744.
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Under review

Adding ability of Key Mapping to Remote Connection Emulator

Remote Connection Emulator (RCE) is replacing Host Connection Emulator (HCE) from IDz 16 and onwards. In the old HCE we had the ability of mapping any key (or combination of keys) in the keyboard to any command. In the new RCE - key mapping is res...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 1 Future consideration

Strip EXEC SQL for cursor when running from cobol source

When rearchitecting DB2 interaction between IDz 15 & 16 one of things changed is that running an EXEC SQL declaring a cursor now requires the developer to mark the select statement in v16 while v15 behind the scene stripped out the cursor decl...
3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Under review

JDK LCM for IBM Installation Manager and Package Utility

Installation Manager and Package Utility is considered a threat for our mission critical applications by our security department, because it runs on an IBM supported open JDK version 8. This version is considered out of date and does not receive t...
5 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

Quick/Easy access to DB2 tables and queries

The new DB2 features within IDz are great, but a little cumbersome to use. In order to access tables and queries within the Remote Systems pane, I have to navigate through 5 layers of dropdown menus. I think a new, separate DB2 "view" would be rea...
9 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration