zIDE contains the following new features:
Support for Linux platforms:
Rational® Developer for System
z now provides client and server components that operate on the following
operating systems:
- SuSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop (SLED) 10 and 11 (32-bit)
- Red Hat Desktop Linux 5
and 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
5 and 6 (Only 32-bit)
- SuSE Linux Enterprise
Server (SLES) 10 and 11 (Only 32-bit)
Push-to-client configuration:
You can configure
Rational Developer for System z® to automatically distribute product updates and updates to
configuration files, preference settings, and remote system connections
when client workstations connect to a remote system. Rational Developer for System z can distribute the following types
of updates:
- Product installation updates. System administrators can create
product installation updates and prompt client workstations to install
the updates when they connect to a remote system.
- Product configuration updates. System administrators can define
remote system connections, define configuration files, and set client
workstation preferences from a central location. These connection
definitions, configuration files, and preferences can be distributed
to individual client workstations automatically when they connect
to a remote system.
For more information about push-to-client configuration,
see "Distributing product and configuration updates" in the Rational
Developer for System z help (Configuring > Configuring Rational Developer
for System z>Distributing product and configuration updates) for more
information about downloading product and configuration updates, see
the following topics:
- "Installing product updates" (Installing and upgrading > Installing
and upgrading Rational Developer for System z>Installing product updates)
- "Updating workspace configurations and preferences" (Configuring
> Configuring Rational Developer for System z>Updating workspace configurations
and preferences)
New and Enhanced Editors:
- Two new editors for COBOL and PL/I files provide an editing environment
that is consistent with other Eclipse-based editors. These editors
share common behavior with the Java,
C++, and other Eclipse language editors, but also provide language-specific
enhancements such as syntax highlighting, refactoring, and source
actions. For more information about the new COBOL and PL/I editors,
see the following topics in the Rational Developer for System z help:
- "COBOL Editor" (Developing > Developing COBOL, PL/I, Assembler,
and C++ applications using the z/OS IDE > Editing COBOL, PL/I, Assembler,
and C++ files>COBOL Editor)
- "PL/I Editor" (Developing > Developing COBOL, PL/I, Assembler,
and C++ applications using the z/OS IDE > Editing COBOL, PL/I, Assembler,
and C++ files>PL/I Editor)
- zIDE also provides Eclipse-based compare editors for COBOL and
PL/I files.
- The System z LPEX editor,
COBOL Editor, and PL/I Editor now provide content assist and real-time
syntax checking for EXEC SQL statements in COBOL and PL/I programs.
When a database connection is available, the proposals provided take
into account the actual database elements being used by the program.
- This release adds refactoring support for extracting contiguous
COBOL statements into a new paragraph.
- This release adds support for sharing preferences between the
System z LPEX Editor and the new COBOL Editor.
- This release adds icons to the Outline view for COBOL and for
PL/I.
Performance data collection:
Rational Developer for System z collects
performance data for several commonly used functions. For each workspace,
it stores performance data that can be collected and analyzed to gain
an understanding of performance across the enterprise.
Remote systems:
- In the Remote Systems view, you can search for and retrieve data
sets and jobs without having to define a filter. The Retrieve Data
Set and Retrieve Job actions streamline the process of finding and
displaying data sets and jobs.
- You can copy a load module from one library to another within
the same remote system. This new function requires both the client
and the server components of Rational Developer
for System z to be at version
8.0.1.
- You can add menus and actions created by using Menu Manager to
the Remote Systems view.
- The Properties view for the MVS Files subsystem indicates whether
or not SSL is in use for the remote system connection.
Remote Index Search
- The Remote Index Search view now has more
buttons and options for increased usability. Use the history menu
to navigate between searches along with the next and previous buttons.
Reorder, hide, and display columns in order to quickly access the
information that you need. Export the view's contents or alternatively,
print your results. The Remote Index Search view
also indicates when the index was last created. Use the Remote
Index properties page to view the current index date and
location in addition to regenerating the index.
Menu Manager
- Menu manager now supports menu creation for Linux on System
z projects and z/OS® UNIX files in Remote Systems Explorer.
Projects and subprojects:
- You can associate an MVS subproject with a particular runtime
environment so that runtime-specific actions are appropriately enabled
or disabled for the subproject. Supported runtime environments are
Batch, CICS®, and IMS™.
- A new setting in the rsed.envvars z/OS system configuration file allows you to
disable the Delete command on the pop-up menu
for MVS subprojects. This configuration setting helps prevent users
from inadvertently deleting remote system resources when their intention
is only to remove a data set from a subproject. Refer to the Rational Developer for System z Host Configuration
Guide (SC23-7658) in the Rational Developer
for System z Library for
more information about this setting.
Consumability and Usability:
- zIDE is better able to obtain accurate data set and partitioned
data set member properties from the remote system and display them
in the Properties pages and Remote
System Details views. If the data set information cannot
be obtained from the remote system, zIDE displays the message "Temporarily
Unavailable." This usability improvement requires both the client
and the server components of Rational Developer
for System z to be at version
8.0.1.
- Shortcut keys have been added for many zIDE functions to improve
usability and efficiency.
- A new tutorial teaches you how to assemble, link, and compile
the "Global Auto Mart" Sample, one of the sample applications delivered
with Rational Developer
for System z.