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IBM Developer for z/OS

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zUnit: support for unit testing of nested programs

We have some Cobol programs in which nested programs are used. Unfortunately, this is not currently supported by zUnit.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 4 Not under consideration

Possibility to generate PL/I-includes from BMS

Since we are also using PL/I we would need the possibility to generate PL/I-includes from a BMS-mask in parallel to the existing possibility to generate COBOL-copybooks
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Debug Profile service error

There is a defect in the IDz 15.0.1.0 client, when accessing the debug profile service.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Debugger 2 Not under consideration

RDz Content Assist for SQL EXEC statements does not provide correct information.

The RDz Content Assit for DB2 is working fine for an EXEC SQL SELECT and in some cases( like EXEC SQL DECLARE or EXEC SQL INSERT) the Content Assist for DB2 does not work properly.. The RDz Content Assist for DB2 should not be reserved to simple S...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

IDz client 15.0.1 has error getting dbg profiles from EQAPROF server

There is a defect in the IDz 15.0.1.0 client, when accessing the debug profile service. Specifically, I get the following error in my 15.0.1.0 client .log file (in the metadata directory of my workspace):!MESSAGE An internal error occurred during:...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Support refresh in SQL Outline view in RDz v9

in RDZ v9 integrated with Datastudio 4.1, it allows users to extract SQL from a cobol program into SQL outline view, and then run it separately. However, it don't have a way to refresh the view, that means when we remove the Cobol program from pro...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Real Time Syntax Checker doesn't flag missing parenthesis in a PIC clause

The COBOL or LPEX editor doesn't flag a missing parenthesis in a PIC clause unless a syntax check is performed.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

RDz remote preprocessor - cannot view declaration for variables within the mouse over code for generated statements.

Would be nice to be able to look at (mouse over) the declarations for variables within the mouse over area of the flagged preprocessor statements. ie. as we can for variables within the input source itself. We can already see declarations for copy...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

RDz Remote Preprocessor not flagging some lines generated by Netron CAP Processor

We have configured the RDz remote preprocessor to execute a Netron COBOL preprocessor on the host...via REXX. The process seems to work OK for most Netron source but for some cases, many of the lines are incorrectly identified as preprocessor stat...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDz support for CICS EXEC CPSM command

RDz does not support EXEC CPSM commands. If we use RDz to edit COBOL programs containing CPSM commands, they are flagged as errors and the parser prevents some advanced functions like "Program Flow" from working.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration