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COBOL-JAVA interoperability via JNI: use DirectByteBuffers and avoid copiyng data between COBOL workarea and Java byte array

The biggest hit we expect from DBB is that memory does not need to be copied between COBOL workarea and Java byte array Detail are described in the attached file
about 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Not under consideration

ADDI-Support for current version of PL/I

In order to avoid breaking the ADDI build process the PL/I scanner has to support the syntax of the current version of IBM(R) Enterprise PL/I for z/OS.
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Future consideration

Reference Modification Abend if Lenght is a Not a Positive Integer

If the calculation of the length in a reference modification is zero or negative, there could be unpredictable/unexpected results. Due to our un-comfort with these unpredictable results, we'd like to see an abend, at runtime, when the length is ze...
about 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Identify or Track source code changes reference by ADI BRD pointers

Need a way to know that the under lying code referenced by Business terms/rules was modified. Currently the pointers might point to erroneous lines if code was modified. We would like someway to identify what original lines were if different then ...
almost 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Delivery Intelligence Extensions 1 Not under consideration

Uncommenting and Commenting Lines in PL/I Editor

In the Eclipse there is the possibility to comment out individual lines of code or entire blocks of code using the shortcut "Ctrl + 7".It would make working with RTC easier if there was a shortcut for the eclipse-based development of PLI in RTC.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Future consideration

Data Flow to include 88-clauses

The data flow tools don't measure the data flow for 88-clauses of variables although even the compiled assembler listing is identical. We expect the data flow also to handle 88-clauses as if they are a specific value of the main variable.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

Support for BIFF8 and higher EXCEL file format specifications in IBM Personal Communications.

Currently IBM PCOMM supports BIFF (BIFF4 and BIFF5) for Data Transfer utility and Copy operations. PCOMM has to be enhanced to support higher EXCEL file formats.PMR 22610,999,760 was converted to case TS003171311.
about 4 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Planned for future release

Dynamically increasing Short message Queues

It is possible for an administrator to dynamically add page sets (which are basically message queues) to a running queue manager in WebSphere MQ (IBM product), or remove page sets from a running queue manager (except for page set zero). I was hopi...
over 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 3 Not under consideration

IMS display commands

When a dependent region cannot schedule a PSB due to a pool space failure, the IMS display commands ( such as /DIS A ) should identify which pool caused the schedule failure.This has already been done for EPCB pool but it would be useful for all t...
over 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

IMS-Explorer is a very valuable tool. It should run under x86-Linux as well as under Windows

Currently the IMS Explorer is installable under Windows. It should be installable and run under x86 Linux as well.
over 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Not under consideration

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