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RDz Code Review Summary %

Custom cobol code review rules, can it produce a % (percentage) of how many anti patterns were found in the cobol code and based on % (say >70%), return different MVS return codes
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

RDz COBOl/JCL Editor: Ability to use REXX like Macros

We come from a TSO/ISPF setup, where we over the years have developed a set of inhouse important macros, which either corrects issues or make changes to the whole program for given issues. We know that we can develop our own plugins, but it would ...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

RDz Expanding Snippet functionality

Snippets in RDz offers you the ability to include code templates with or withour variable substitution.Many code snippets requires code inserted in other sections of COBOL or/and could benefit from inline programming logic to make the snippets mor...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

IDZ 14.2.2. does not allow zUNIT to compile option to be DYNAM

IDZ does not allow to compile option to be DYNAM. Need that feature for zUNIT to work in IDZ ( standalone) with Dynamic option
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Not under consideration

Enhance File compare results

Have a look at PMR TS003751098 for reference. In cases of changes in some lines the compare utility sometimes show inserts and deletes instead of a change. This is often much more difficult to understand. Most other compare tools do much better, j...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 5 Not under consideration

Currently zUnit with IDZ 14.2.2 does not support this case: the list of files are opened in other programs..

We have tested zUnit on simple standalone batch loads however we are now trying to create test cases for individual programs (csects) with a load module. We are getting file open errors in the case where the main program has the open for the file,...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 3 Future consideration

warning for not being converted character

When client opens mainframe file, client converts SOSI character without any message. so, at that time, customer wants to get warning message of automatic "SOSI" conversion.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

save filter in the outline view

In the view menu of the outline view it is possible to filter the entrys shown. Unfortunately I did not find a way to save the filter. The rfe is about saving the filter or setting a default filter somewhere. I compare the requested feature to a f...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Enhance Endevor Eclipse Functionality within RDz

Work with CA to enhance the endevor plug-in within RDz to absorb the CARMA functionality. Ability to eliminate the need for a developer to choose which interface to use for Endevor within RDz. Provide 1 access method.
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Change mfivarsubsaction in Menu Manger to not remember previous entries

We use Menu Manager for a lot of custom actions within IDz, including actions to interact with our SCM, Endevor. We give users the ability to right click a module in the Remote Systems view and select from a range of Endevor actions, like add to E...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration