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IBM Developer for z/OS

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shortcut menu manager

i implemented actions in the menu manager and i need run options to include shortcut for exemple CTR+SHIFT+2 for the action
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

IDz v16.0.2 RCE is that possible to shift Secondary keyboard display from vertically to bottom on screen like v14x ?

IDz v16.0.2 RCE is that possible to shift Secondary keyboard display from vertically to bottom on screen like v14x ?
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 2 Planned for future release

Single Sign on with RTC and IDz

We use Rational Team Concert and IBM Developer for z.Users must logon in both Systems. Passwort in IDz cannot be stored because of security.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Changes in the property files (application-conf) should be picked automatically

If there any changes in any .properties file in application-conf folder, should be picked automatically by DBB user build like CPY/COBOL the dependency files
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Provide support to switch UID in zExplorers/iDZ

Hello, under zOS we more and more have to deal with USS services and zFS-files. As a zOS systems-programmer not everybody knows in deep the possbilities and features of USS. Often we need to switch to UID 0 to do specific file-changes and this is ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 8 Future consideration

Possibility to collapse/expand EVALUATE/IF/PERFORM statements for COBOL source

For the COBOL editor, today it is possible to expand or collapse a division, section or paragraph using the plus/minus icon in the left margin next to the division or section name. We would like to have the same functionality for EVALUATE, PERFORM...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

Support for EXTERNAL data

zUnit should support data items declared as EXTERNAL. If a data item in COBOL is declared as EXTERNAL it can be used to pass data from a calling program to a subprogram, and therefore should be recorded as if it is a parameter. Also when calling a...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

Detect column of THEN and ELSE in IDz Code Review for COBOL

One of our installation rules for coding "best practice" COBOL programs requires that the programmer codes the (optional) THEN keyword and the (required, if applicable) ELSE keyword in the same column as the corresponding IF keyword. Statements fo...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

Automatically populate the "Data Type" when running a selected DB2 statement

Since the previous "Value"s are stored after running a selected DB2 statement, it would be helpful if the "Data Type"s of these host variable would be retained. This would be especially useful for queries with several conditions. It seems as thoug...
9 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

Enhance Remote Connection Emulator (RCE) to support 62x160 screen size in IDZ v16

Please support 62x160 screen size in Remote Connection Emulator (RCE) in IDZ v16. Users can use this screen size in Host Emulator before in IDZ v15, however this screen size didn't support in IDZ v16 RCE. We have a wide number of ISPF applications...
9 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

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