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support not just level 1 copy books in IMS SOAP XML gateway mappings

When creating an IMS SOAP XML Gateway mapping, RDz only allows selection of level 1 structures in copy books. However, there are times when we would like to select level 3 or 5 structures of the copy book.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 3 Not under consideration

Save mappings and other configs to simplify modifications to web services

When an IMS SOAP XML Gateway web service is modified, RDz should have a way to save the prior settings and to simply make modifications to them instead of having to completely rebuild everything from scratch.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 6 Not under consideration

System z Data Editor: Change editor by "Open with"

After opening a file or member by System z Data Editor it should be possible to change the editor by "Open with". The System z Data Editor doesn't offer this function.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

System z Data Editor: Show found string using Find-Function

If you do a find request within the System z Data Editor the first line containing the string is highlighted and is scrolled to the beginning of the editor view. But we would like the editor to do additional highlighting to the string found and to...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Cobol formatter: preference for second command word

We would like to set an indentation value for the second word of a command, esp. for MOVE ... TO ... If the line is too short it should be broken before the "TO" and next line indented.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Cobol Editor: Overwrite block starting at position without marking target area

When inserting a block in Toggle Block Selection Mode while mode "Overwrite" is in effect the copied block should replace a block with same size starting at current position.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

EST Bottom-Up support for unbounded arrays

Generating webservices for the CICS in RDz is done by using the Enterprise Service Tools (EST) features.It supports two different approaches, top-down and bottom-up.The top-down approach is based on a constructed WSDL file and support unbounded ar...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

RDz 9.0.1 The linking between the Outline view and editor when viewing JCL only works one way.

The linking between the Outline view and editor when viewing JCL only works one way. When you select something in the Outline view the JCLin the editor repositions to that location in the JCL as expected. When you reposition the cursor (current li...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

enhance conent assist in RD/z

I have enclosed three files showing what I mean: SyntaxIndexRDZa - showing Ctrl+space after typing "index" in the editor - not a Whole lot of help for the syntax for index. SyntaxIndexRDZb - showing Ctrl+space after typing "index(" in the editor -...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 7 Not under consideration

Use EQAD3CXT rather than CEEUOPT in RDz Property Group Build Process

When using RDz Property Group to remotely build a DB2 application which will be executed with interactive debugging, the process generates CEEUOPT to be linked into the DB2 application (at run time the CEEUOPT is the vehicle to pass the LE Run Tim...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

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