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Add the ability to run multiple DXL Service scripts in parallel for functionality that mimics 'server side DXL'.

Unlike most client/server applications, DOORS 9 has most of the logic on the client side, and little to no automation / scripting / maintenance features on the server side. DOORS DXL Services use DOORS Web Access to offer an interface to DOORS via...
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / DXL 0 Future consideration

Modernise the built-in (object) Richtext Editor by moving away from the Windows OS component RichEdit Control

The RichEdit control shipped with Windows is increasingly falling out of date and style, and already differs significantly from the one used/shipped with Microsoft Office (WMF vs EMF data format). Lack of updates and patching on the OS end especia...

Accept "\n" for newline in "Edit > Find" dialogue.

Searching for newlines requires a different notation in different parts of the product. For example Filters accept the "\n" notation for newline. "Edit > Find" does not. Find will however work with "\u000A" - the hexadecimal code for Line Feed ...

Add ifdef and ifndef directives to the DXL interpreter to test for active includes and avoid repeated includes of the same files

the include directive is useful for structuring code and expanding scripts during runtime the absence of ifdef / ifndef makes it impossible to test for and avoid repeated includes of the same code (.inc files) this can create unnecessary and consi...
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / DXL 1 Future consideration

Add try/catch perms to DXL to aid in testing for and catching disruptive layout DXL error messages

In some places, DXL can run and throw errors that disrupt a workflow, block the UI or worse. A try/catch mechanism in DXL could allow DXL authors to test for and catch such situations better.
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / DXL 1 Future consideration

Expand DOORS database server (doorsd) design to support multithreading

In light of enterprise software deployments moving away from real hardware to virtual machines and cloud environments, it is no longer ideal for DOORS 9 database server to function as a single-threaded process. To benefit from shared resources (st...
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / Performance 1 Future consideration

Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Please add support for RHEL 9.x for DOORS 9.7.2.7.
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / Upgrade 1 Future consideration

The DOORS “Message of the Day” must provide clickable URLs!

Because it is not possible to provide URLs for information to users within the DOORS “Message of the Day” dialog which can be clicked by the users, the entered Urls shall be coded like in Markdown. Example: “[link name](https://www.siemens.com)”

Terminate user sessions after maximum 24 hours on inactivity to comply with CMMC AC.3.019

CMMC AC.3.019 requires terminating user sessions after a defined period: Validate that:1. User sessions automatically terminated after a maximum of 24 hours of inactivity2. After user sessions are terminated due to inactivity, the application is c...

ERM DOORS DXL security shall allow more options

An enhanced feature to have separate check boxes for each of the component as below instead of having all under "Enable DXL Restrictions " "Enable DXL Restrictions for DXL Home Path" "Enable DXL Restrictions for BAtch Script " "Enable DXL Restrict...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / DXL 0 Future consideration