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Warning requested when a PERFORM THRU is generated

Within the Cobol editor, PERFORM THRU is applied by default when an "extract paragraph" is made from contextual menu (right click > refactor > extract paragraph).
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Change the default View Packages Dialog to NOT have all of the checkboxes checked

the current "check everything" results in a B37 because we have much content. Making the customers check the boxes they need will reduce user caused problems. Additionally, especially for packages, even clicking only "completed" results in a HUGE ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Delivered

zUnit compile link stubbed subprogs in batches

Our programs have a call to several subprograms and there are cases we need to stub them all (>5). Currently you will compile link each subprogram one by one and it takes time.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 3 Delivered

Drag'n'drop of a .pax file to RSE not transfer the file as binary but as text

RDz 9.5.1ifix002 does on drag'n'drop of a .pax file to RSE not transfer the file as binary but as text.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

Cobol Outline : be able to see the physical size of the Level 01

Cobol Outline : be able to see the physical size of the Level 01
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 6 Delivered

Show Job only once if matched by multiple FilterStrings; RDz, JES-JobFilter

We are using RDz for developing PLI.When creating a JES-job-filter and defining multiple filter strings, a Job matching multiple filters is shown once for every matching filter string in the RemoteSystems(Details)-View. So the list of jobs is unne...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Create an API to add a quickfix to the COBOL editor

There are custom makros in the COBOL code. The preprocessor scanning the code finds a makro that is not used correctly. An easy fix is available. The user would expect a marking and a quickfix to correct the error. But at the moment (version 9.1) ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

RDZ JES - Display all JCL Steps Executed and Not Executed

Not all JCL steps are displayed when using RDz JES or RDz JES SHOW IN TABLE. RDz displays only details on executed steps and not bypassed JCL steps, leaving the user without a complete picture of their job. We need to see All JCL Steps, not just e...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

RDz - allow severity code customization in Software Analyzer

Can we customize Severity Codes? Currently RDz supports Severe, Warning, and Recommendation. We want to create 5 different severity codes: Blocker, Critical, Major, Minor, Info
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

RDz - CARMA/Endevor browse needs property group

When using Enhanced Edit within the CARMA/Endevor interface there is a possibility to select a property group that can be used for the SYSLIB concatenation. The property group cannot be selected when browsing a member via CARMA. This leads to synt...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Delivered

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