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Add ISPF “COPY" "CREATE" & "REPLACE" functionality to the LPEX EDITOR

Add ISPF ?COPY" "CREATE" & "REPLACE" functionality to the LPEX EDITOR
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

About Windows server support for RDz V14.1

I would like to introduce RDz V14.1, but since Windows server 2008 R2 is not supported, I would like you to support it.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

RDz - Software Analyzer rule documentation

The following is required. 1) Rule name (already provided by IBM), 2) Rule description (already provided by IBM), 3) Why this rule is an industry best practice (IBM, please provide), 4) Coding example that triggers the rule (IBM, please provide) 5...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

Incomplete ToolTip for a Cobol-group-variable in the Cobol Editor

In the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION you define a group variable. This variable has many (more than 8) members in the group. For example: 1 DLI-FUNK. 2 GU-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GU". 2 GN-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GN". 2 GNP-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GNP". 2 GHU-FKT P...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Flagging Changed Lines in Cobol Editor

In the LPEX Editor you are able to select "Start Flagging Changed Lines" to autocomment lines you edit. This feature is missing in the Cobol editor but would be very useful.
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Position of the preprocessor options in the context menus of cobol and lpex editors

The integration of the preprocessor is in the LPEX in the context menu. But in the Cobol editor it is hidden under Souce. Please present the options at the same postitions in the context menus. I do not care where. But it should be equal.
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Base the outline view on the cobol ast

All the nice features included in the Cobol editor work based on the AST. Except one. The outline view is based on the contents of the editor. We have used the precompiler extension to correct the AST including our Cobol makros into the editor. Al...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Add a bookmark with a double click in the Cobol editor

In the LPEX editor you are able to add a bookmark with a double click on the column on the left side of the editor. You are not able to do that in the Cobol editor. Why not? When you do a double click in the cobol editor nothing happens.
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

RDz should not close all my windows(Edit session of remote files) when my remote system connection lost

RDz is closing all my windows when Remote system connection lost. This was changed RDz 9.0 version onwords. Earlier it used to work fine.There was a design change from RDz 9.0.1 on words.
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Extend User Builds under RDz additionally to other languages, not only Cobol and PL1

You can run a User Build for COBOL and PL/I from RDZ, but NOT for other type of tranlators that can exists in RTC for the host, as assembler, IBM Migration Utility, CA EasyTreave, etc. This has an important limitation that this solution is not val...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration

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