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LPEX Open Declaration should be in browse mode

The LPEX editor's feature "open declaration" displays a COBOL variable in edit-mode. We want it to be displayed in browse-mode. The variable may be in a copybook.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

RDz - Expanded COBOL source should support COPY ... REPLACING

In a source where no syntax errors are present, the expanded source does show errors. This is due to the fact that the COPY ... REPLACING statement is not fully executed. Only the original copybook is presented in the source, but the replacing act...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Add option to not monitor for recalling and migrating datasets

When recalling or migrating datasets do not monitor until the completion of the action. Make it a fire and forget action. The recalling/migrating message dominates any other message. I will refresh the MVS Files filter myself to check for the comp...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Improve JCL Editor functionality for JES Show JCL

When using the Show JCL function, the JCL Editor can't hyperlink to data sets, members or procs. We have to ?Save As? to a JCL PDS then open it there to be able to use this functionality. This is a big headache/limitation.
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Delivered

Support bi-directional linking between the editor and the JCL Outline view

RDz v9.0.1 only supports linking from the JCL Outline view to the editor. It does not support linking from the editor to the JCL Outline view. If the current line (cursor) changes in the editor the JCL Outline view highlighting does not change to ...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Limit number of JES jobs displayed in RDz for performance issues

When pulling back more than 100 or so jobs by creating a JES filter, the response time can be as great as 30 minutes for 1600 jobs, in spite of no CPU constraints when viewed in RMF or BMC Mainview performance monitoring tools. There was a similar...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 6 Delivered

Missing of asynchronous mode for calls of parser or for other queries results in far too many freezes and white screens

During the edition of members, too many blockages appears (freeze, white screen..).They are problematics as they prevent the developers from doing their job. They can last several seconds up to several minutes.When they last several minutes, the o...
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 4 Delivered

Compare submitted JES JCL

Allow an option to select two jobs, right click the selection and select Compare Submitted JCL. Currently we have to select Show JCL for each job, save the JCL, navigate to the saved location, select the JCL's, select Compare With > Each Other
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 6 Delivered

Please support member masks in the new Remote z/OS File search

System: RDz v9.1Component: new Remote z/OS File searchDescription: The new search is developed to invokes MVS ISRSUPC to reduce the cost of searches on large mainframe libraries. However, with no support of member name wildcard, it just needs to s...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

Support for Extended Address Volume (EAV) on z/OS

Currently RDz does not support Extended Address Volume (EAV) on z/OS. This is a major inhibitor to the adoption of RDz in z/OS host application development, since host data sets on EAV cannot be accessed via RDz.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

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