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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM Developer for z/OS
Categories Editors
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 15, 2022

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COBOL Editor ignores Propertygroup

I have COBOL code in a file on a remote system and the exact same code in a local file. When I open the remote file the propertygroup (and especially the preprocessor extension) is used, when I open the local file it is not.

The features of the editor should depend on the content and not the location of the file. So I think this is an error. But in the case I was asked to open this idea.

To recreate:

  • Install a preprocessor extension into IDz

  • Create a remote and a local propertygroup that uses this extension

  • Create a remote file with some code and copy this file to a local location

  • Assign the remote propertygrop to the remote file and open it
    --> you can run the preprocessor from the menu

  • Try to assign the local property group to the local file
    --> I was not able to

  • Open the local file and try to run the preprocessor extention
    --> I was not able to

The use of a local z/OS project is not an option and we do not use remote z/OS projects either.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 18, 2022
    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. At this time we have no plans to address this request within the next two years, please feel free to resubmit in the next year or so for our consideration. Again, thank you for your suggestion and continued support.
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 26, 2022

    The only reasonable project would be a project including all our files and ressources and programms. There is no point in our shop to distinguish between different projects since they all would have the same settings. That is why we use propertygroups for all our settings and connect them to remote files.

    Due to some development and more plugins we now have local files with cobol code in them and would like to use them wit the cobol editor. But without some local property gruops that is not possible. That difference is why I still think it is an error.

    1) remote file - project --> propertygroup working
    2) remote file - no project --> propertygroup working
    3) local file - project --> propertygroup working
    4) local file - no project --> this idea (error) exists to get this working too.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 26, 2022
    Thank you for submitting an idea to IDz. During our review we agreed more information would be beneficial to understand your scenario. It is unclear to why local or remote z/os projects are not used.

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