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EGL Language

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JSF message components & EGL sysLib.setError()

The JSF Tag Attributes include errorClass,errorStyle,fatalClass,fatalStyle,infoClass,infoStyle,warnClass,warnStyle that can be associated with h:messages. EGL write to FacesMessage using sysLib.setError(). This method should be enhance to provide ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Not under consideration

Add support for single row select for static SQL in EGL generated java code

This RFE is related to RFE 15634. After this RFE is realized, there would be possibile to generate EGL SQL Java code with static SQL binding. Than we would like to have function "single row select" implemented. With this solution we can improve se...
over 10 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Not under consideration

ITS

Customer's EGL project will translate EGL program into Java program running on WAS server and COBOL program running on CICS. If the Java program and COBOL program have the different parmForm type (COMMPTR and CHANNEL), in some special cases, it wi...
over 10 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Not under consideration

Exception Handling with 8.5.1 RBD

Need to add this property by default with RBD version's In RBD 8.5( and within updated v8.0.1.x versions) a new runtime property egl.service.rest.exception.debug was introduced for security reasons: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/rbdhelp/v8r5m0...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Not under consideration

Callback mechanism when datagrid detects a size of 0 when rendering children which have data

When a webservice call is executed, meanwhile the widget which did the action can be closed/changed by another widget (datagrid to detail and back for example) or can be made unvisible (when using a tab mechanism for example). When the webservice ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

Better way to copy records without having connections between them

As described in PMR#50724,211,788, there is a problem with passing array variables to functions. Even when these variables are copied to another record, there is still a link with the original array until this array is initialized. Thanks to Mark ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Not under consideration

show executing code in debug

System: Product RBD 8.5Actor: Program Developers Description: during debugging of EGL porgrams in the RBD Debug perspective, one cannot know what the program is doing in between map converses. It could be in DB2 CICS or program logic and the progr...
over 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

Memory de-allocation of Library Function variables before leaving the function

We would like to see the automatic de-allocate of the local Library Function Variables before leaving the Function. This would reduce the memory consumption of the CICS Transaction.
over 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Planned for future release

Need a Symparm to reduce default (10x) initialization of Dynamic Array

When EGL is generated to COBOL a definition of Dynamic Array gets initialized by default 10 times. We would like to have a Symbolic Parameter (BuildDescriptor) to reduce this default initialization to less (ex. 1 time) to reduce memory consumption.
over 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Not under consideration

EGL and calling stored procedures with result set

EGL should support SP execution with multiple result set.
over 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Not under consideration