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z/TPF Product Family

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Ability to copy/paste from various dialogs/property pages

Right-click on a TPF Filter and view properties.  The user wants to be able to copy the path from the filter properties and paste elsewhere.
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Provide web services registration entries

This would be an IBM provided user defined registration entry for web services requests. This can be based upon on a user name in Web services WS_SECURITY information.
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Register by Address

Allow the user to register by address (or program name and offset). Similar to starting a VM trace session.
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Show macros in a macro group

Show macros in a macro group in the macro group breakpoint dialog. Showing which macros are in which macro groups helps users to decide which macro groups they are interested in using.
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Correct multiple memory view behavior

I have a duplicated memory view; address 1 open in both, open address 2 in the second instance, it shows up in the first, but it also switches to it, which is annoying
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

ZDPAT enhancement

zdpat c-c should include PATHIACT value in display. coverage team frequently investigates loadsets failing to be accepted. zdpat c-c displays activation number at time loadset was activated. display does not provide activation number at time of ac...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

C/C++ mixed source view

Provide an editor view that shows the instructions that implement a line of C/C++ source code with the source lines intermixed as comments. This is similar to the assembler mixed source view which exists today.
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

z/TPF PARM keyword on ZINET ALTER Command - RFE arising from PMR Response

IBM has responded to the question submitted in z/TPF PMR 03072.004.000 that it is a legitimate item which a feature update could address. The PMR response requested that an RFE be submitted for the matter, in order to be pursued. This is that RFE ...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

TPFDF should utilize the RIAT

IBM Standard TPFDF uses generic prototypes for all TPFDF applications per any given pool type. SHARES uses TPFDF for roughly 75% of the database. Using IBM TPFDF standard, hundreds of millions of records per day would issue GET on the same record ...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 4 Not under consideration

Export Key from zTPF system to another zTPF System

Abstract Ability to export a secure symmetric key and secure PKI key residing in the z/TPF keystore from one z/TPF system to another z/TPF system. There would be a new operator command to place the key to be exported in a file (the key information...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration