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Enhance JES Spool Refresh

Allow the refresh option (PF5) to work when a Job Name:Job Number is highlighted in the JES Area.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

ZUnit: Set Capture file I/O in options dialog

It would be easier and faster for the user if this preference setting could be set in the Create Testcase Editor via the Options button. The setting would be done per Testcase and not centrally. The default setting should still be set for a captur...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Delivered

Add a remove all sequence numbers and id area numbering option to RDz

Numbering and Unnumbering in Cobol editor is too complicated and has too many steps. If you have a Cobol source with sequence numbers in col. 1-6 and also in 73-80 and you want to remove both from the source, you would have to perform the followin...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Enhance zUnit DB2 testing input and output functionality

Current DB2 functionality is limited to dataset output comparison only. It would be better if database output comparison is also possible. Additionally, input test case can't be specified if the process reads from the DB2 database.
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Allow Property Group SYSLIB to contain dataset aliases

Allow Property Group SYSLIB field to include aliases
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

zUnit does not support DLL

Most of the programs are CA Gen generated cobol programs. We build them as DYNAM(DLL) option either statically or dynamically (Also we give a file of IMPORT CODE statement to the binder while linking the calling program to be able to do DLL Call)....
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 3 Delivered

When comparing two remote ASM files, margins should be ignored.

Developer should be able to compare two remote pds members containing assembler code even if one or both members have margins. This functionality already exists for COBOL and JCL Editors (see RFE 17504)
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

Support export to PDF for merged code coverage report

Now we can only export a single code coverage report to PDF. We would also need to export to merged code coverage report to PDF
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

USER BUILD run conditioned to an external event

When a user build is started, a check is performed on the item. If the item has a RTC lock, the user build start only if the user build requester is the lock owner
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Delivered

Eclipse Code Coverage hookin/API support

- Can't find DebugTool in products overview - please reassign.- This description is mainly thought for DTCN interface, but possibly this could also apply to DTSP. Today there is limited support for getting code coverage from eclipse platform when ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

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