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Support for REXX development

Add full support for the REXX language in RDz including content assist, source formatting, and syntax checking.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

provide patched Eclipse source bundles

IDz 14 is based on Eclipse 4.4.2, but IBM patched the Eclipse platform bundles, therefore the official Eclipse source bundles do not match the Eclipse binary bundles used by IDz 14.This RFE is to ask IBM to provide the source bundles corresponding...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Add a "No Signout" option to the edit CARMA action (Endevor)

When using the edit action on an element that is currently locked, CARMA stops with the error "RETURN CODE: 0012 REASON CODE: 0000 ERROR MESSAGE: C1G0503E ELEMENT IS UNAVAILABLE - RESERVED BY PKG ". I would like to be able to edit a copy of this l...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

IDz Cobol editor to have ability to open files from copybook declaration

File declaration in the copybook is requested to be hyperlinked to allow easy and direct access to the output or input datasets.
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDz high performance text search for big host datasets without high CPU usage

We use Rational Developer for System z for developing host applications. Within RDz it is possible to do a text search for several host datasets. Sometimes we have to search in very big host datasets. But the RDz text search in big dataset is cpu ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

zUnit to open test Editor quicker

Our applications typically have many programs and big copys. This causes that opening the zUnit Test Editor is very slow. With a certain program it took more than 2 minutes when opening with IDz v15.0.5 client, and around 30 seconds with IDz v16 c...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

IDz Retrive data set: allow wildcard in dataset name pattern on first qualifier

In ISPF (option 3.4 Dslist) we have the option to use wildcard on first qualifier Via IDz with the simular action 'Retreive data set' it is not possible to put a wildcard on the first qualifier In our shop with our naming convention we often use a...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

IDz: Support Open New View (Ctrl+2) in COBOL, PL/I, and JCL editors

While editing COBOL, PL/I, and JCL files in IDz the LPEX editor supports View > Open New View (Ctrl+2). This option is powerful and yet unavailable in the COBOL, PL/I, and JCL editors. This causes developers to flip flop between LPEX and other ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

add move command for members of libraries

When moving a member from a library to another using RDz (RemoteSystemsView or z/OSProjectsView), you have to copy the file and delete if afterwards. It would be useful to have a move/cut command for files.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

Filter on MVS files in a workspace

We are currently are using RDz 9.1.1 ! I would like to be able to create a global workspace so various users at our enterprise can use it.In that workspace, would I like to be able to create (MVS Files) filters with user id as a part of the filter...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

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