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IBM Developer for z/OS

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Addition of function to get the size(length) of variables in CAM API

The CAM API for code review currently do not have a function to retrieve the field size of declared variables. This would greatly help the developer to create custom code review rules that needs the variable length. Currently, developers have to c...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

CARMA - RDZ 8031 - FIND OR LOCATE MEMBER

Please add a "FIND MEMBER" or "LOCATE MEMBER" option on CARMA folders. It makes it much easier to go directly to a member. We should not have to create and then delete a filter view to get this result.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Not under consideration

RDz user needs the capability to specify how <HLQ> parameter in property groups gets resolved.

RDz users should have the capability to specify how the <HLQ> parameter in property group definitions gets resolved. Currently, if user's source is in a common PDS (i.e TEST.COBOL.SRC), <HLQ> gets resolved to the HLQ of the source libr...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Several suggestions regarding RDz CARMA New Endevor Package dialogue

This RFE covers a couple concerns encountered going through the New -> Endevor Package dialogue. Here are the issues that customer has identified: 1) The first panel displayed has the title "New CARMA Member". This title should be "Create New P...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration

About Windows server support for RDz V9.5

I would like to introduce RDz V9.5, but since Windows server 2008 R2 is not supported, I would like you to support it.
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

About support of RDz V9.1

We are planning to upgrade to z / OS V 2.3, but since RDz V 9.1 is not supported, can you support z / OS V 2.3 with RDz V 9.1 .
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Have real-time errors and warnings be placed into a tab/view for ease of viewing

We would like to have the errors and warnings that are produced during real-time syntax checking be placed into a tab/view such as the Remote Error List or the general Problems views. It would also be nice for the behaviour of items in the list to...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Future consideration

ControlM for Z/OS plugin

WE need an eclipse plug in to créate and mantain controlm job definitions, and other definitions of this 3rd party software.
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 1 Not under consideration

ConnectionCloseListener for HostConnections

In one of our Plugins we want to write a host dataset just the moment before the connection to the host is shut down. There is a ConnectionClose Listener in the Eclipse RSE but this listener does not satisfy the requirements, because it works corr...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Not under consideration

Need mechanism to add Assembler Macros from a PDS into the User Macro Definitions file

In the release of RDz version 8.0.3 there is a new feature in the Assembler editor that determines if a Macro found in the source is valid. This process comes with a file that defines the IBM supplied Macros, but if a client has Macros that have b...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration