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Workspace IBM Developer for z/OS
Categories Usability
Created by Guest
Created on May 8, 2014

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Cobol Editor: Behavior of Manage Sequence Numbers

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When you activate function "Manage Sequence Numbers" you can insert characters in position 1 to 72 without shifting the sequence number (position 73 to 80) to the right.
But when there is a character in position 72 and you continue to type you will overwrite or shift (depending on Insert or Overwrite mode) the sequence number.

We would like the editor not to change anything in range 73 to 80 when you start typing in range 1 to 72. The editor may stop your input or insert a new line and put your input there. Only when the Cursor is positioned in range 73 to 80 it should be possible to change the sequence numbers.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 19, 2025
    Thank you for submitting your Idea! We greatly appreciate your feedback and suggestions. We're excited to inform you that your submission has been successfully processed and included in IBM Developer for z/OS 17.0.1!

    To learn more about the latest updates, please check out the following resource:
    - https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/adffz/developer-for-zos/17.0?topic=preferences-enabling-sequence-number-handling
  • Guest
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    |     Jan 10, 2023

    Hi Dev Team, I reviewed all Euro Info IDeas status with customer and they confirmed they still need this one (also with IDz -I-22) - May we ask you to reconsider this one ? Thanks

  • Guest
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    |     Sep 23, 2019

    Hi IDz dev team, could you please let us know if this RFE will be delivered in a future release? Thanks

  • Guest
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    |     Dec 13, 2018

    Hello, I have an AVL customer who is still waiting on this feature to be implemented.
    Could you please provide some update about a possible target for the delivery ?
    Many thanks in advance.

  • Guest
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    |     Oct 17, 2018

    We also Need this restriction because when you do type and push the sequence numbers past line 80 and then try and delete the charachters less than 73 the charachters which pushed out the sequence numbers which are now in col 73 - 80 are not deleted so you have 2 do 2 delete Actions.

  • Guest
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    |     Aug 16, 2016

    Hello,
    as this request is from 2014 the question: Is there an update available on the status? We do have a customer with 120 developers, where this is a major issue and any update is very welcome.
    Thanks and regards,
    Bernd

  • Guest
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    |     Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - Developer for System z

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - Developer for System z

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 19, 2014

    Thank you for taking the time to suggest an enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us. Your request is currently inline with our product strategy and we have planned it for a future release of the product. Thank you for your suggestion and continued support.

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