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IBM Developer for z/OS

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Regular expression search not available from Remote z/OS Search

Regular expression search is not currently available from Remote z/OSSearch tab in RD/z.We would like this functionality because we think it would be verybeneficialto have the Regular expression search feature available on thistab.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

Opening a local element causes a loop

When opening a local element the element is opened over and over again in a non-stoppable loop. We have a EditorListener that implements IPartListener. In the partOpened method we synchronize the local file with the host file by using .setContents...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

LPEX to maintain tags in columns 73-80

There are several groups that use columns 73-80 in their COBOL programs to tag the modifications to the program (they use initials and a6 digit date, i.e. BH120309). When I edit one of these programs andpress enter (new line) in the middle of a li...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Allow a common place for import/export of RD/z settings

I would like to see a common import/export facility for the likes of connections, property groups, file system mappings etc in a similar vein to browsers. Currently, RD/z has import/export in a variety of places. This would also allow for the impo...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

RDz 7.6 CARMA/Endevor does not provide Move Function

RDz 7.6 CARMA/Endevor does not provide the ability to Move (Promote) an element that is not part of a Package. Reference: PMR #49717,487,000
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Add indicator/label to perform hierarchy view within RDz if paragraph is only performed due to conditional processing.

The perform hierarchy view is able to show all of the paragraphs for a cobol program that could be executed and outline those but would like to have an icon difference represented in the view if that perform is only entered based on condition logi...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

It should be possible to explicitly specify the load module name

Currently it is only possible to select the load module name (incorrectly described as entry point name) from one of the members of a (z/OS Projects) subproject. It should be possible to explicitly enter a load module name from the subproject cont...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

CARMA/Endevor Sign-In function does not exist

CARMA/Endevor Sign-In function does not exist within RDz 7.6. Reference: PMR #65168,487,000
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

RDz not visible in Packaging Utility

IBM Packaging Utility permits to create an installation repository directly from Passport Advantage. With this functionality PU handles the download of the packages and create the repository directly. This functionality works for a lot of products...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

Add all DD Cards to the JCL Outline View

When a jcl is shown in the editor an outline view is generated. The outline view contains only the DD* (instream data) Cards. All the other DD cards are not contained. What is the reason for that? Please add all DD cards to the outline view or at ...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered