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Add better support to ISPF for accessing non 0 PDSEv2 members.

We are using PDSEv2 more and more, specifically the feature that supports prior versions of members.However, the mechanisms to reference non-0 members is quite difficult leading us to write our own program to allocate the desired member. Thus, the...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF Future consideration

ISPF SRCHFOR function fails to notify the user when additition hidden options are in place

When using SRCHFOR on the ISPF Command line in option 3.4, it will sometimes not find the string even though it does exist in the list. This can occur when there are other options specified that are not seen by the user unless they enter SRCHFOR (...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF Future consideration

Panel ISRUDSM: Provide extra information of pF1 on copied/moved member

After copying one or more members, a message '*copied' appeared in prompt column. It should be very helpful to provide the destination (output) library of the last copy action to the user on pressing the pF1 key. In this case a user can confirm th...
6 months ago in z/OS / ISPF Future consideration

ISPF 3.17 Browse - fix codepage detection

When using ISPF 3.17 and selecting a file to Edit/View the codepage is correctly detected and the data is usable. When selecting the same file using Browse the codepage is not correctly detected and the data if unintelligible. This should be fixed.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF Future consideration

Provide an ISPF PANEL VER type of PATH

With the growth of files in USS and ISPF dialogs that can work with them, there needs to be an ISPF Panel verification option to verify the PATH in the same way that DSNAME can be verified.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF Future consideration

ISPF SuperC compare / ISREDIT COMPARE support for modify process options in REXX/TSO.

Customer: Claus Bjoerno, Bankdata under JN Data.---------------------------- We're currently having an issue with the internal ISPF SuperC compare, using this statement in a REXX under TSO: "ISREDIT COMPARE SESSION SAVE SYSIN" It seems that this c...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF Future consideration

SRCHFOR cmd within ISRDDN ( DDLIST ) utility

It seems to me that SRCHFOR cmd within ISRDDN utility could be helpful.
over 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF Future consideration

ISPF View/Edit entry panel is giving a ?Request failed? error when browsing a relative generation that does not exist.

When entering the name of a relative generation of a GDG that has no entries (e.g. SYS3.TEST.PDS(0)) on the View or Edit Entry panel, it will result in error message "Request Failed". If help is selected, it will display pop-up message "ISRD024 Al...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / ISPF Future consideration

Add invoked omvs command to 3.17 command results display

Under ISPF 3.17 one can, if enabled, issue OMVS commands and have the results appear in ISPF Browse or View. It would be very helpful to add to the display the full command that was issued. This is especially helpful if the results are printed/cop...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / ISPF Future consideration

More informative messages on RACF error

Issuing the TSO command "racmap" is producing the following message in the TSO session: Abend 684000 hex occurred processing command 'RACMAP '.ISPD210 CMD abended - 'RACMAP' terminated abnormally. This abend is actually 2 codes 684 system abend an...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF Future consideration

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