zIDE contains the following new features:
- CICS® 4.1 support for content assist provides
syntax completion in an edit session for COBOL and PL/I programs using CICS Transaction Server for z/OS® 4.1 on the host.
- Content
assist for commands in the LPEX command line now provides the
ability to invoke LPEX commands easily. Users can invoke content assist
(CTRL + Space) on the LPEX command line to quickly and easily get
to the LPEX commands. System z® LPEX command-line content assist displays Developer for System z developed user commands
and base LPEX commands (plus ISPF primary commands when the ISPF mode
is in effect).
- Enhanced
support for non-round-trip characters identifies the location
of characters that cannot be transferred correctly to the remote system
and back again.
- The
JES subsystem displays the most current job output, even output
that is in active buffers and has not yet been written to SPOOL. This
up-to-date output applies to JES2 as well as to JES3 beginning with z/OS 1.10.
- Performance improvements have been made in the areas of file download,
file upload, opening of files in the editor, and fetching copybook/include
files during the content assist operation.
- PL/I enhanced editing support provides real-time
syntax checking for PL/I programs in the System z LPEX Editor.
- The
property group editor provides an Eclipse editor for editing
and creating property groups as well as editing property group overrides.
The editor provides validation and assistance to users when specifying
properties with data set names as values.
- IBM® Rational Team Concert™ for System z Version 2.0 and IBM Rational® Developer for System z Version 7.6 not only provide shell
sharing but also a more powerful integration to enable clients to
take advantage of the IDE capabilities and team-based development
features for System z-based artifacts.
- Support
for multiple local preprocessors provides a way for users to
call multiple local preprocessors before a COBOL or PL/I compilation
for syntax checking and build.