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File Manager for z/OS

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    Develop the functionality in File Manager to choose the encoding with a file should be downloaded to a PC through its export to desktop function

    BBVA is a very important global bank with operations in Spain, Mexico, Turkey, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, etc. BBVA is the largest bank in Mexico, employing over one thousand of mainframe developers. These developers use IBM Developer for z for th...
    about 1 year ago in File Manager for z/OS 11 Delivered

    More charsets available (ibm-278 specifically)

    We are using charset ibm-278 on our Swedish installation. It would be great if File Manager in VS Code supported this as for example our letter Å now turns into $.
    about 2 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered

    Add CHANGE in FCH and DSED support for zEDC compressed datasets.

    Our project recently applied zEDC compress for most of the datasets we use. After the change, jobs that use FileManager's CHANGE command in the FCH function and DSED abend.
    over 3 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

    Enable File Manager in VS Code

    Mainframe developers sometimes need to use File Manager. More and more, they are using VS Code for day-to-day work. It would sure be nice to have an extension in VS Code for File Manager, not least so that you can look at messages in and definitio...
    almost 2 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

    File Manager option to Import File in Plug-in RDz

    in the file manager plugin for RDz i have the option export to desktop and i need option to import from desktop
    over 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered

    Japanese language support of FM eclipse plug-in

    System: core banking systemActor: developers of core banking system applicationsDescription: MUTB(Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Bank) is migrating its developer tools to ones based on Eclipse (eg. IDz, ADDI, etc). And MUTB would like to use FM with eclipse...
    almost 7 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

    Add "Create Result Data Sets" to Compare function in File Manager plug-in

    In the File Manager IDZ plug-in, add the "create result data sets" feature to the Compare function, as it exists in the equivalent File Manager ISPF version. This is an extremely useful feature which is used extensively by File Manager users. The ...
    about 5 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

    Add DD statement to provide member selection in File Manager Batch.

    Currently, the member selection is within the SYSIN DD statement in a File Manager batch. It will be more usable if the member selection can be provided via a DD statement in the JCL. Benefit of this change is when the members list is created dyna...
    about 3 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered

    AT-TLS Support for Problem Determination Tools

    IBM Problem Determination Tools Studio Plugin for File/Manager, Fault Analyzer, Debug Tool currently does not support TLS policies through Communication Server AT-TLS. This RFE is to add an enhancement to the Eclipse Client Plug-ins to be able to ...
    almost 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

    Save the File Manager Compare parameter selections in the user's IDZ Workspace

    The File Manager Compare feature provides the user with many parameter options to define the exact comparison that he wishes to perform between the two data-sets.The File Manager ISPF interface saves the user's current selection in the user's TSO ...
    about 5 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

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