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possibility to resolve copybooks during SCLM browse

When browsing a program in SCLM perspective the copybooks are not resolved by COBOL or LPEX editors. It works during edit and operation log shows an extra step:SYSLIB Retrieval Operation Copybook support has been introduced for edit with http://ww...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

RDZ PLI Editor Library Extension Point

We are currently building up a lifecycle management System for all our Mainframe artifacts using MAVEN and bamboo. For the Editing we want to use the default main IBM PLI Editor (not LPEX). The first step now was to create PLI Language artifacts a...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

Rdz ZOS Project Explorer Filter Extension Point

In Eclipse it is possible to extend the Content of the ProjectExplorer with some custom Filters: <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.navigator.navigatorContent"> <commonFilter description="hide *.wds" id="com.wds.commonfilter.hidewds" name="...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

RDz - Enhance JES to show where I am in the input queue

Recent enhancments to RDz have been great. However, it would be helpful to know where my job is in the input queue. Sometimes the system is slow and I have no idea if my job is getting closer to executing or stuck where I need to contact the appro...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Add PROCESS RENT cards to generated XML Parser in CICS WebService Support

Would like the generated XML Parsing logic to include the PROCESS RENT where any other PROCESS cards are added. When multiple programs are in one source member and a new set of PROCESS cards are found, the options are reset to the compiler default...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

Support Task Tags in LPEX System Z editor for COBOL

System z LPEX editor supports Task Tags for C/C++ and HLASM. Task tags within COBOL & PL/I should be supported also.
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

LPEX line folding also in "new" editors such as PL/1 and JCL

In the LPEX editor it's possible to search and filter all lines which doesn't contain some specific characters. The user can then find relevant line, and expand code again. To my knowledge this functionality doesn't exists in PL/1 and Cobol editor...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Nested coloring of if/else, do and other similar statements

In ISPF editor there is a capability where it's possible to get for instance if/else statements colored based on level, it would be nice if this feature could also be enabled in RDz.I know that when the parser works, it can highlight start/end bas...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Improve version-to-version migration experience

Provide better documentation and ideally automation capabilities to support migration from one version to another, using the same workspace IBM Comments:- this pertains not just to RDz but to other IDEs (RAD, RDi, ...) also - this "RFE" was captur...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Should offer improved C development features for mainframe

Should offer improved C development features for mainframe IBM comment: this "RFE" was captured on-the-fly during VoiCE discussions. To be given a proper disposition (accept, reject, etc.) and to come actionable, it must eventually be decomposed i...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration