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Need a way to set DYNAMNBR on user build JCL card

We need a way to automatically set parameter DYNAMNBR on the JCL jobcard generated by IDz for User build.
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Delivered

Allow export of z/OS Remote Search results which include the # of lines before & after current as specified in preferences

Currently (using RDz v9.1.1), the ability to specify the number of lines before and after current is enabled in preferences. When set, this works by hovering the mouse over the result in the search window and you will see the before/after lines as...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

RDz - new OFFSET feature request

Problem statement:Whenever the user/ developer needs to know the position and length of a particular variable in the record layout or temporary variable of a working storage section, they need to create a new copybook and open it in File Manager, ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

Add zUnit Functionality to COBOL Modules not in a PDS

Currently, you are only able to generate a test case using zUnit if the COBOL Program is located in a PDS file. Here at my organization, we often work with programs not retrieved from Endevor and directly to a PDS, instead leaving them in what we ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Delivered

BANK HAPOALIM LTD

The Customer developed user-written rules to be tested with Code Review and wish to run them all in a Batch process on the zSystem:They used the provided JCL proc AKGCR to run the code review.The job was successful but the elapsed time was long, a...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

RDz V9 CLOSES ALL OPEN ARTIFACTS WHEN A TIME OUT OCCURS

In version 9.0, when you are performing analysis on programs, JCL, copybooks, etc. and a time out occurs, all artifacts are closed. In previous versions of RDz, a time out of the z/OS connection left the programs, copybooks, JCL and all tabs open....
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

Persist Search edit and re-run w/o making it a favorite.

When performing a Remote z/OS File Search one has to enter selection criteria into the 'Search string' (and possibly make other setting changes) before hitting <Enter> to start the search. The Remote z/OS Search view is opened upon the compl...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Delivered

ZUnit - Result of testcase not correct

In case Zunit test is setup with in the expected result more records described the the program effectively returns the test fails and you receive a message ! However in case Zunit test is setup with in the expected result less records are describe...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 4 Delivered

Add customizable syntax highlighting for additional types in IDz

We like to have an option to add own customized syntax highlighting schemes for specific languages without any. More current versions of Eclipse (starting with Photon 4.8) include e.g. the Generic Text Editor which has such option on-board so we d...
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 5 Delivered

Program Control Flow

Program control flow has FROM HERE (to end of the program) and TO HERE (from the start of the program), however if there is an option to use “FROM HERE” “TO HERE” that would be a nice add on especially in large programs
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

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