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EGL Language

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"optimize build order" as an ANT-task

If one EGL-project depends on (references parts in) another project, you need to build the dependent project after the other project. In the workbench this can be achieved using the "optimize build order" menu option.When creating a workspace dyna...
over 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Delivered

EGL default value for nullable fields

n RDB when I generate the structure for an SQLRecord from a database table with the utility "SQL Record -> Retrieve SQL" if a field is nullable is imported with the clause: "isSqlNullable = yes". Instead of this declaration which involves the d...
over 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Delivered

Read and write CSV files in other encoding

We would like to have a encoding property to associate with a CSV file. Now, a CSV file is assumed to have the system encoding, both for reading and writing.
over 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Delivered

Support more CICS command in EGL

Now EGL can generate some CICS commands, but not all CICS commands are supported. Good to have more CICS commands supported in EGL. The support could be like below: execute #CICS{ LOAD PROGRAM("BA2DNYTB") ENTRY(:TABL) };
almost 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Delivered

Support "get next" for DB2 Multiple ROW FETCH in COBOLGen

Support below scenario for DB2 multiple fetch. employees employeeRecordEGLDB2[0]{staticRowSetSize = 10};//this generates static array with len=10 in cobol try Open abc with #sql{ select eID, uName, PASSWORD, fName, lName, office, sex, EMai...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Delivered

EGL takes more than 30 seconds in LobLib.loadBlobFromFile

When trying to use the function LobLib.loadBlobFromFile it takes too much time. When files are large, like 30Mb, it can take more than 5 minutes. Calling java from EGL to load the file takes only 150ms I'm guessing the problem lies in the function...
over 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Delivered

Add the possibility to edit a widget thru the graphical designer

When you want to create a RUI handler you can use the graphical editor. With version 8 is further improved, but is not possible to edit a widget. You need to create a RUI Handler, design it and then change in the source the type from RUIHandler to...
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Delivered

EGL RUI- "Create onEvent functions" on context click

It would be nice to have a RUI "Create onEvent Functions" fast functionality when writting code in RBD "source mode" (not just in design). Like with service calls: there you can (when in source mode) right click on the function name written after ...
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Delivered

Map EGL BasicRecords to java byte arrays when calling ExternalType functions.

Provide a way to pass EGL structured records to java when calling External Type functions.EGL BasicRecords should be mapped to java byte arrays (or java.nio.ByteBuffer instances wrapping them) JavaLib.invoke supports passing basicRecords as parame...
over 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Delivered

Batching update and insert statements

Batching insert and update statements is a technique available in Java for reducing the number of database calls. Unfortunately, this technique is not available in EGL.java.sql.PreparedStatement's addBatch() method adds a set of parameters to a ba...
over 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Delivered

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