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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...

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Cobol Date Functions

Developers use different date functions in most of the COBOL programs. These functions get executed hundreds of millions of times a day in various programs. We have inhouse written product, which may not be efficient and this probably a requiremen...
almost 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 7 Not under consideration

Modify DFHLS2WS to create better tags

The WSDL document created by CICS Web Services Assistant DFHLS2WS is not useable "as is" due to some issues with the values chosen for a few tags or element names. The WSDL would be more useful and compatible with other non-IBM distributed tools i...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

RDz - Enable Software Analyzer features

RDz Software Analyzer currently supports the Analysis Summary report. The report shows Code Quality, Code Complexity, and Code Structure however the values are always set to zero. This request is to enable those fields so as to produce meaningful ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

RDz - Software Analyzer enhancements

Is it possible to report on: - #lines in code - % of comments in code - % of duplication of coding patterns
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Use the Java already installed on the system

Support particular versions of Java, such as 7.0 31bit, or 6.0.1 64bit, etc, and as such, allow the use of the instance of Java already installed in the system.
almost 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 3 Not under consideration

archecker include new switches/options

Please add a "-y" or -"YES" switch to achecker. This would allow us to check the archive in the script right after the archive without human interaction. There are multiple way to check to see if previous program failed ( && and $? with test)
over 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Application Development 1 Not under consideration

IBM Explorer for z/OS to have multiple concurrent connections for a category

Request that the Host Connections view of IBM Explorer for z/OS permit multiple concurrent host connections to be active within a connection category. Currently, if a connection is shown as successful within a category, then during an attempt to c...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

IBM Explorer for z/OS to accept connection states via other product plug-ins

Host connection state changes within IBM Explorer for z/OS are currently established manually via the Host Connections view. Request that product plug-ins which can establish host connections independently of the Host Connections view be able to "...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Sort Tabs in Remote Shell View

When we have several tabs open in the the Remote Shell view, it would be very helpful if we could sort them in the same way as we can sort the tabs in the editor.
over 5 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 2 Not under consideration

Support for calling Non-LE OS 31 linkage from xlclang++ in 64 bit mode.

Allow calling existing legacy Non-LE OS 31 from xlclang++ in 64 bit mode. Allow the generation of the OS 31 parameter list. It is the responsibility of the caller to make sure addresses and memory are below the bar. The compiler merely generates O...
over 5 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Future consideration