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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

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

COBOL code quality rules should use the preprocessor

The COBOL code quality rules should check within the code generated by the preprocessor. At the moment (Version 9.1) the preprocessor statements are ignored. They are not checked at all. Please check the COBOL code generated by the preprocessor fo...
about 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

ContentAssist enhancements

Some enhancements for the pli-contentAssist:-in many cases the Content assist doesn't Show proposals, at least built-ins and preprocessor Statements should be shown all the time-group the Content of the contentAssist in several pages, if working, ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

show tooltips for built-ins when coding in RDz

Hi!It would be useful to have the description for e.g. built-ins shown in the Content-assist for pli and Cobol, like Java.For templates the description is already shown.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 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...
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Possibility to import data in subsets

Subsets are a powerfull option to be able to build parts of your system. I can make subsets in various ways, but what I would like to have is the possibility to import data from a .csv file. I can export a subset to a .csv and edit it in excel, bu...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Not under consideration

Syntax Check Facility in RTC-Userbuild to support error feedback

The Syntax Check Facility for user build works for the setup, when the input file to the compiler is also defined as the input of the translator. As soon as the client uses a translator running a preprocessor resolving macros in a dedicated step, ...
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Future consideration

Different colors for userdefined variables/sections in IDz

To set syntax coloring in idz you go into preferences => cobol => editor => syntax coloring. I want to be able set different colors for my variables or my section names in a cobolprogram. Supose that in working storage I have a variable c...
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 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.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Future consideration

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