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RDz cannot correctly generate a copybook from a BMS file created using a repeating vertical structure in

Symptom A BMS file was created using SDF II on the host. They repeated a block of the format using the REPEAT n panel command on the Define Fields panel of SDF II. SDF II maintains an internal metadata where it stores information on such a structu...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

z/OS Explorer - select columns to display

In CICS Explorer, I can select columns to display.This request is to implement the same functionality in z/OS Explorer, so that we can select columns to display and order by any displayed columns.
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

display latest Job spool

With introducing the default 'Active Jobs' filter in 9.5.1, it would be good to have an option to display the latest jobspool first (last 5000 lines of spool), instead of downloading the first 5000 lines from top of the spool file.
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 3 Delivered

IDZ 14.2.2. does not support zUNIT to test DB2

IDZ 14.2.2. does not support zUNIT to test DB2
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Delivered

RDz: Enable Autosave feature for Cobol/PL1/JCL Editor

RDz: Enable Autosave feature for Cobol/PL1/JCL Editor
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Highlight entry point of program control flow

Please highlight the entry point in the "program control flow" and "show Program to here" graphic like you do it in the "data flow".
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Delivered

Impossibility to select "?" in host emulator

When using the RDz "Host Emulator", it is impossible to select the character "?", hex code X'7B' : it is transformed with the ';' character on the displayed screen and substitued by the hexa code X'40' when sent to the host.A PMR N? 19275.999.706 ...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 7 Delivered

RDz should allows users to dynamically allocate LRECL of temporary dataset for different types

In RDz the temporary datasets that are used for the edit are created by the end users' systems administrator by way of the setup that is in the startup task. So if user allocates a dataset to be, for example LRECL 80, all of the different types wo...
about 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Copy a PDS by drag and drop

When we copy a sequential Dataset with a "drag and drop", everything is OK. When we try to copy a PDS by "drag and drop", we get an "invalid transfert operation" message : this action should work corectly.
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

RDZ Datastudio Integration - Run SQL

DB2z supports ^= and ?= as not equal operands. So should the RDZ Datastudio Integration.
about 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

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