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call to COBOL program using CICSCLI.jar file

RUI programs and EGL programs can call COBOL programs having a commarea bigger than 32KB using CICSECI in the link section of the buildDescriptor. But using CICSECI connection doesn't go trough J2C that can be defined on Websphere Application Serv...
over 10 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Delivered

RUI: Suppress change events after setting values through code.

When we change the value of an input widget in code, Dojo returns a change event, if the new value is different.<br />This can be prevented, see use case.<br />Preventing change events after changing the value in code greatly reduces t...
about 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Delivered

ORDER BY makes data service fail

We often generate services to retrieve SQL data from AS/400 using the Data Access Application wizard. The generated services contain several functions amongst which the function to retrieve a list of data which can be specified with the fromTables...
about 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Delivered

Rich UI - Global way to set UID and PWD on all service calls

Would like to have global way to set UID and PWD on all service calls.In other words, currently, we have to use serviceLib.setHTTPBasicAuthentication on each service call. Would like to set once for a session.All our services are in CICS, so UID a...
over 8 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Delivered

Record assignment in RUI of EGL

FCB(First Commercial Bank) need the function in RUI, when they maintain EGL record. They wish to using statement "move S200MSG_CWS to IRTSWF_SWS byname;", then record IRTSWF_SWS's value will be assign(when fieldName are same in both record).
over 8 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Delivered

Empty DataGrid shows 10 empty records. We only want the header to show and no records.

When a DataGrid has no rows the DataGrid shows 10 empty rows. We would like the DataGrid to show no rows, but only the header. Additional information:- We use RBD 9.0.1- When te code in the below provided 'Use Case' is entered in a ruihandler the ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Delivered

CICS transactionID's as program annotations

It should be possible to specify the startTransactionID, restartTransactionID and returnTransaction as program annotations instead of specifying these in builddescriptors and having these tied to program naming standards. The software should use t...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Delivered

Provide MVC form property for its current validity state

MVC Forms currently have an isValid() and validation() function, but invoking these functions also invoke the ? ?handleValidStateChange_<formName>() function. ? ?It is during ? ?handleValidStateChange_<formName> which can be used to ap...
about 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Delivered

When importing a WSDL interface, set string maxlen from XSD settings

When importing a WSDL as EGL interface, set the maxLen property of string attributes according to the value in the XSD type, if available. Combined with RFE 39245, this removes manual actions to set the maximum length of string input elements when...
about 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Delivered

RUI designer: additional replacement variables for digits and string length

I need replacement variables to use in the VE data templates that would give me the number of digits and decimals for number fields and max length for string fields. That information would come from the actual fields of the record being dragged on...
about 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Delivered