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    Multiple windows for SQL Results

    When using the Data perspective to run SQL you have to independently click on the SQL results to view the result for each run in the right hand window. Suggestion would be to make it possible to break out each result into its own movable window, b...
    over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

    Allow Search > Text > File function to be case insensitive

    We direct our developers who use the COBOL and JCL edits to the Search > Text > File function when they are looking for an equivalent function to the LPEX Find All action. We occasionally run into issues because the Search > Text > Fil...
    over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

    Job Notification enhancements

    RDz developers have been waiting for years for a job completion notification. It was encouraging to see some movement on this request in v9.1.1. However, the passive nature of the notification is disappointing. MF developers are used to getting a ...
    over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

    more configurable BIND module for program level parameters

    * BIND dynamically * *** this module is already developed by CIO *** The actual bind module parameters are staticly defined in the environment file. This doesn't allows set parameters by DBRM files. There should be a bind instruction file w...
    11 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 3 Not under consideration

    Developer for Z control-flow to number or order the called sub-routines within the calling routine

    When viewing a program control flow diagram it would be great to see the sequence that the subroutines are called within a calling routine. This would help provide a much deeper understanding of the actual program logic. Also some indicator or cou...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

    : Preprocessed lines in PL/I Editor should be colored like normal lines

    After the local preprocessor is used to preprocess a PL/I file in the PL/I Editor, all lines that are changed by the preprocessor are colored dark blue. This is even true for statements that extend over more than one line, where the first line is ...
    about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

    COBOL Comparewith does not distinguish case differences in keywords and strings.

    It would be advantageous if the COBOL Diff (compare with - each other) would distinguish case differences in places where they don't make a difference vs where they do make a difference.Example: * "MOVE" vs "move" does not make a difference at run...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

    Intranet Server so where non-IBM employees can access our Documentation offline.

    Currently, IBM documentation can only be accessed and downloaded internally. There is no intranet server for customers to download/configure and customers cannot access the documentation externally. The current process is to download the IBM deskt...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Documentation 1 Not under consideration

    RDz: Setting .hce defaults before the file is created

    We run RDz using a virtual server that all users start their instances of RDz from. When a user creates a new connection the emulator defaults to use unsecure telnet on port 23 and these settings are saved in the workspace .hce file. We'd like an ...
    almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 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 ...
    over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

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