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IBM Developer for z/OS

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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

RDz CARMA is presenting previously saved information in fields that should be left blank and input by user on Endevor reqs.

When using RDz CARMA, you are provided the capability of selecting "Remember the entered values for later" on all functions that you can perform. This is a nice feature because a lot of the information may be the same for subsequent requests that ...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under 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

Support ruler line in Host Emulator

We hope the host emulator can be enhanced to support a ruler line, which is the same as PCOMM.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

Improve ++INCLUDE preprocessor by setting variables IBM.OPTIONS through PL/I importer preferences

The PL/I Importer supports ++INCLUDE preprocessor if PP(INCLUDE('ID(++INCLUDE)')) compiler option is specified as the customer specified it on the remote. But it can not be specified in the preference (Windows -> Preferences -> Importer -&...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Animator feature in Application Discovery

Request for animator-like feature in Application Discovery that allows users of the Analyst client to step thru the program source code as if they are in debugging mode. When decision point is reached such as IF/ELSE condition, the system will pau...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Context menu in IDz z/OS Project Explorer does not provide sufficient new artifact options

With IDz/RTC integration, if one wants to create a new zFolder or zFile in a zComponent project, there is not a menu option in the context menu for creating a new zFile or zFolder in the z/OS project explorer view (the typical view for editing cod...
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 5 Future consideration

Alternative way for downloading offline repositories

I have trouble using the Installation Manager through our company firewall, so I tried creating an offline repository for installing IDz/Debug client. But the only way to do this is using the Packaging Utility that uses the same download mechanism...
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Provide interface for zUnit-Testing

We would need the possibility to call and to interact with the zUnit-Framework within our own-developed interface to our SCM. The following functionaries should be provided:- Interface to forward the dataset containing the Cobol-/PLI-source as wel...
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Not under consideration

PDS Compare feature

There is a feature in RDz to compare 2 PDS members, which is very helpful to identify the differences between the members. But no options to compare 2 complete PDS. This requires when working on enhancement or maintenance project, which has change...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

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