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Running the DFHWS2LS utility to generate a requester Web Service using the Java Cache Sharing parameter generates errors:

Will this be corrected in the future (i.e., either remove Java cache sharing from CWA scripts or correct the errors sharing causes).
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Is a defect

Hover function in Debug Tool GUI

Hovering with the mouse does not display the contents of a field when the field name ends on the position prior to the numbers on the right hand side of the program listing. This needs to be fixed.
about 12 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Is a defect

In FM Base, allow for the aging of fields that occur multiple times within a record definition.

A customer (Wellpoint) reported that when attempting to use data aging on a field that is part of an occurs/occurs depending on clause, File Manager does not age ANY of the occurances.
about 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Is a defect

FIND/REPLACE option starts from the first record instead of from the cursor position.

The FIND/REPLACE option will not work from cursor position. It always starts from the first record. If a user wants to replace a value in records 10, 11, 12 and their cursor is on record 9, the replace starts at record 1 not at record 10.
about 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Is a defect

Add a message box indicating that no remote file synchronization is possible

When requesting a remote synchronization with no remote file, there is no indication that it can not be performed. This behavior is inherited from the team synchronization functionality from Eclipse. Eclipse indicates there isn't a remote file by ...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Is a defect