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IBM Developer for z/OS

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Associate complete program with include

A developer tries to edit a PL/I include member, which has a complete program associated.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

zUNIT need functionality to auto-generate test cases for mainframe application for each type of element

Many RBC mainframe legacy applications that are 30 - 40 years. As they are in need to integrate Quality Control Gating it requires to introduce a huge number of test cases.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 6 Future consideration

Allow for different color schemes based on connection

Would like to be able to customized a unique color scheme based on a connection. Example: If I was to access a members on LPAR1 it would have a say a light blue hue background. If I was to access LPAR2 it would have a green hue background.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Rectangle selection in IDz editor

Rectangle selection is very commonly use in ISPF editor, but in IDz editor this feature is not user friendly in both LPEX and COBOL editor. In System Z LPEX Editor:- need to select in context menu or press "Alt+R" before use, it should allow users...
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

RDz - Import Software Analyzer results created during zOS batch run

Would like the ability to Import into the RDz client an xml file containing Software Analyzer results created during a zOS batch run.
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

Code Review for C

We noticed that code review for C and C++ code is available in Rational developer for AIX and Linux, is it possible to include it on IdZ?
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

GDG base in Z/OS Project perspective

Our users are asking for the possibility to import the gdgbase to a project as resource.Instead of as now the gdg's are disappearing when a new gdg is created and they must import them again.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Future consideration

RDz DATA Perspective SQL - AUTOCOMMIT is always on

Create a default of AUTOCOMMIT for SQL in the Data Perspective to OFFand add a preference (if necessary) to give developers the option. Out of the box, ROLLBACK should be supported or the SQL return should not be successful if ROLLBACK is specifie...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Expand all option in z/OS-Projects / MVS-Subprojects

We would like to have a context menu option to expand all items below the selected item in the z/OS Projects View. E.g. Right-click on a z/OS Project, MVS Subproject or a Library shall expand all sub-items
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

IDz Syntax Check Facility with Preprocessor

We set up the Syntax Check Facility as described in knowledge Center. The remote error lists is populated with Compiler Messages, but Points to a remote file. We excpect the link to the file in the local z- Component Project. We use a preprocessin...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

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