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Expand Copybooks "Inline"

Offer a way to expand copybooks "inline" - inside of a program - rather than only allowing us to open them in separate eclipse views
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

RDz to add variable declaration when new variable used in code

Have RDz ask me if I want to add a variable declaration when I add a new variable in a line of code (COBOL). If I say yes, it would need to prompt me if I want to add it a copybook or to working storage section.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Spell Check COBOL Comments!

Would like to do an English spell-check of comments
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Want RDz to have a Job Scheduling Interface

Provide the same kind of RSE interface to PDS - and CARMA interface to Endevor, to JobTrac,CA-7, Tivoli, etc.
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDz wsdl2pli binding: Support out-of-line binding for base64Binary (intended for large objects)

Coming RDz version will support PLI inline binding for base64binary elements < 32KB. A future RDz version should support base64binary elements > 32KB. A so called out-lined binding would be best solution: The regular copy book includes only ...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

Rational Developer Z Temporary Dataset Name

We would like to be able to control the name of the VCMTEMP dataset . Currently, the first two qualifiers of the dataset name are hard coded to be &SYSPREF.ISPF. We would like to be able to change them to &SYSPREF.&SYSUID or &SYSPR...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 2 Not under consideration

RDz wsdl2pli binding of comments

wsdl first PLI binding should include WSDL xsd:documentation encapsulated within a type definition as PLI comments.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

ISPF Label emulation

.Labels are useful for keyboard-friendly navigation
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Add ?CICS Service Requester? application mode to ?Meet-in-middle? scenario with single operation and no template.

Please consider an enhancement to add ?CICS Service Requester? application mode to ?Meet-in-middle? scenario with single operation and no template
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 4 Not under consideration

Improve SCLM Perspective & SCLM Interface

(1) SCLM perspective uses only the standard RTC editor, and does not allow using LPEX. (2) SCLM File types controlled by separate file type tables instead of using common RDz profile file type tables.(3) The SCLM perspective should not be required...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration