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LPEX editor for PL/I needs much more integrated functions

Compared with other Eclipse editors like SlickEdit, the LPEX does not offer many features for PL/I.Missing functions are for example :> support parms in content assist for procedures/functions> comment/uncomment> jump to declaration> e...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

RDz - JES Purge/Cancel Enhanecment

Please enhance RDz to verify the issuer of all job cancel, hold and release functions has RACF ALTER access to the JESSPOOL resource profile for the job prior to issuing any $C, $H or $A JES2 console commands. JES2 only validates that the issuer o...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Possibility to transfer the source-code of a PL/I-program automatically to upper-case during save

We need a possibility, that the whole source-code of a PL/I-program opened in the LPEX-editor is automatically switched to upper-case when it is saved. This option can be defined up to now only for Cobol and JCL, but for PL/I this is also needed
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Delivered

Ability to search/view all Endevor elements which are checked out to a UID

Please give users the ability to search on all Endevor elements which are currently checked out to their (or someone else's) user ID. Also, give users the ability to create a new CARMA view which shows which elements they currently have checked out.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 5 Delivered

Format functionnality limited with lines in debug

"Format" feature doesn't make correct indentation for lines in debug mode. Function design should have let the possibility to configure this need.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

Syntac check for PL/I include files

When a include members are opened in RDz (9.0.1.2 and 9.1) there are no syntax control at all. I do realize that a full control can't be done because there are no program. But just a standard syntax control for PLI should be there. You can check i...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

More dynamic behaviur of High Level Qualifier is required

When creating a SubProject in z/OS projects view, the properties configured in the project ( High Level Qualifier) is hardcoded. The <HLQ> should not be replaced with a fixed value ( in the case it hardcodes the Userid)
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

RDz improvement of sort while populating Remote Systems MVS Files Filter "Show in Table"

Rational Developer for System z Improvement of sort while populating Remote Systems MVS Files Filter "Show in Table" During this process the user can observe the table while the rows are being populated. Some row field values (e.g. size) may show ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Possible to retrieve last X lines from JES instead of always from top

In preferences of RDz "Remote Systems" -> "z/OS" -> "JES" it's possible to choose the max number of lines to download without a warning, this is to protect RDz from a to large dataset in the editor. However often when datasets are larger it'...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Support of PL/I 4.4 LPEX or pli editors with RDZ 9.0

We are forced to upgrade to RDZ 9.0 and we need confirmation of support for PL/I 4.4, or, at least, tentative dates. Otherwise, we'll install PL/I 4.3 version, but we need to know which one we have to ask for.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered