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IBM Developer for z/OS

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RDz LPEX Editor support hover copybook information

Hover copybook information only support by Cobol Editor, but not LPEX editor.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Saving of SQL host-variables values in RDz editor

A option so I can save the entered values of SQL hostvariables in the project.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Length of fields and structure in view Data Elements

In the Data Element view there are no column for lengh of a field/structure.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Outline view with more options and better text

Better Outline view in RDz for PLI and maybe other langauges.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

RDz proposed content assist elements need to occur in the same order like the Java Editor

Rational Developers for System z proposed content assist elements need to occur in the same order like the Java Editor 1) Standard Proposals like Variables2) Templates3) SWT Currently, when you open open the proposal list in LPEX/Cobol Editor and ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Database Development - Exporting SQL results into .xls file instead of .cvs

When I export SQL results, one of the options is to export into .cvs file. As soon as I open this file in Windows Excel and modify, I am being prompted to convert it into .xls file in order to save all functionality. Why not to export into .xls fi...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

PL/I compiler options cut off

A client reports at https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/480466/how-can-i-get-all-of-my-pli-compiler-options-to-wo-3.html that they would like to use a long set of PL/I compiler options, but it gets cut off by IDz, forcing them to break up ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Search for hex timestamp in load modules w/in RDz

Need to be able to search for DB2 timestamps in zOS load modules while browsing the load module in RDz on the workstation. Currently this is not possible due to lack of support for search with host code page
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Not under consideration

zUnit Test case can handle DBCS data item names

COBOL programs using DBCS identifiers cannot be applied to current implementation of zUnit, because test case sheet created by zUnit cannot handles data item identifiers with DBCS characters.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

Ability to export Push-to-client configurations (Global & System) to All the systems regardless of Primary or Secondary

I have two or more LPAR's, lets say A004 & A020, in a sysplex. I try to export push-to-client configurations, whichever system(A004) is the defined as a primary.system in pushtoclient.properties file; only that system(A004) is showing Global c...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

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