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Ability to debug EGL web services running on WAS

Currently it is not possible to debug an EGL web service which is running on a WAS. The only possible way to debug such a service is to write a (small) client which calls that service anddebug it that way. In that way you are however not testing t...
about 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 5 Not under consideration

temp file (ex: .ir) output directory for RBD to RAM disk

Client need to improve the project build performance in RBD, so they have following suggestion to improve performance: 1.To change temp file (ex: .ir) output directory for Rational Business Developer tool (ver. 9.6, 9.5.1, 9.5) for the RAM disk 2....
over 3 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 4 Not under consideration

Allow copy/paste from/into Java TextForm Field

After downsize from EGL genned COBOL/CICS and frontend TextForm 3270 to EGL genned Java/Windows and frontend TextForm 3270, the customer lost the copy / paste functionality to TextForm field.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 4 Not under consideration

Support for facelets

Facelets are the official view technology for JSF 2.0. Facelets are already supported in the "sibling product" Rational Application Developer 8, but the newest JSF standard supported in Rational Business Developer is JSF 1.2.
over 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 Not under consideration

Display called programs in debug

A window/view to display all called programs, functions during a debug session including programs loaded from eglar files.The function should be interactive, i.e. show progress as the debug session is running.The requested option is implementing t...
over 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 3 Not under consideration

As a EGL RUI designer I want to resize forms by mouse drag

In order to increase usability of EGL RUI designer it is desirable to be able to change the size of fields and forms on the canvas by dragging eh edge of the field with the mouse. Currently, field size can only be controlled via field properties.
about 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 6 Not under consideration

Duplicate Java files being generated in the referenced projects

If EGL files for ?basic record' and ?sql record' are available in a separate project and is being referenced by one or more other projects, then the Java files corresponding to these EGL files are getting generated in all the referring projects in...
over 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 4 Not under consideration

Add Digits Only with empty constraint

In the Page Designer, for Input fields, add a valid constraint value to the drop-down list: Digits Only ([0-9]*$). Or, otherwise handle the difference in how the JSF constraint is treated in WAS 8 and higher, vs. WAS 7 and prior. Also, add to the ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 Not under consideration

Print out the EGL source code with execution order

The customer migrated from CSP to EGL using VAGen and found the source code is generated by function name order instead of execution order. The customer asks if RBD can provide the feature: Print out the EGL source code with execution order.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 3 Not under consideration

Provide a interface for using debug as

Need a interface to call the debug as functionality in RBD in order that customer can use the debug as in their plug-in
about 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 3 Not under consideration

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