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The Start Flagging changed line in the PL/I Editor is not available

An important feature of LPEX is missing in the PL/I editor: The Start Flagging changed line is not available. We're using this functionality to automatically mark columns 73 - 80 in PL/I programs. Many developers use PL/I editor vs the LPEX editor...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

RD/z dataset list function needs to display correct date and userid for pds member

1. The dates on some files are 2001/01/01 in IBM Rational Developer for System z. This is seen in the Remote Systems Details view or in the Properties view of the file. --> It should display blanks or "temporarily unavailable" instead of 2001/0...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Delivered

Enhance th eexport/import process in RD/z

If I wish to setup some "global" (i.e. all developers) preferences...the export process is in many places. It would be advantageous for us (and I assume many others) to be able to go to a single place to export (the same for import) and select whi...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

RD/z - Need the ability to setup a JES filter to show ?Active? or "Held" jobs only

I know that I can use Table View and sort by columns and the Tree view reflects the order, but if I use the minus on the tree view, that sorted order does not hold. We need the ability to:1. View "Held" jobs or "Active" jobs only by filter (like s...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 7 Delivered

hide permanently the Host Emulator keypad

in the Host Emulator, you can hide the key pad by clicking on the - minus sign. Nice.But when you close then restart the Host emulator, the key pad appears again. RDz should keep somewhere the info the user does not want the keypad (new preference...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

How can I see a load in RDz?

Sometimes, we have to open a load file with TSO to see the compilation date.it is impossible to do with RDz.the file can't open.
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 5 Delivered

RDz 9.1+ DTCN change default Test Level - ALL to ERROR

The enhancement request is to change the default Test Level - ALL to ERROR the default option in both DTCN and RDz 9.1+ This default is in APAR - PI42404: Service for Debug Tool 13.1, but it is only for HOST not in RDz
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 2 Delivered

Allow to search for all occurences of a string from regexp in current editor

Allow to search for all occurences from regexp in current editor The COBOL editor includes several possibilities to search for text. There is, for example, the Edit>Search/Replace... which provides a way to jump from one occurence of the search...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Automatic login

When i run Eclipse, i wan't to launch the screen for loging to the host
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

RDz - Better distinction between Delete and Remove in a MVS Subproject

This RFE is the result of an example of confusion in the use of MVS Subprojects.PDS'es and PDS-members can be added to a subproject. Developers can work with these items using the subproject.Once they are ready, the items can be removed from the s...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Delivered

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