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EGL Language

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EGL does not support recursion in records

Currently, EGL doesn't support records with recursive datatypes, meaning that records that look something like record rec1 r rec1[ ];end are not possible in EGL. Since I've come across quite a few web services written in Java that return an object...
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Not under consideration

Add SysLib.setProperty functionality in EGL language

As discussed with Jing Qian (IBM) and development we like to add a function to the SysLib library to be able to modify system properties on runtime Syslib.setProperty(propertyName, propertyValue).
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

Allow SET INITIAL for subrecords

If a field in a structured record is itself a structured record, a SET INITIAL for it is rejected by the EGL parser, even though the purport of such a statement is perfectly clear. Please allow this construct, also for record variables that are ar...
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

Forms, form fields and attributes to be passed as arguments for sub functions

Forms, form fields and attributes to be passed as arguments for sub functions. Example:red string = "red";setColor(field, red);... function setColor(field formField, color string) set field color;end
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Not under consideration

Local record definitions

It would be nice if it was possible to define records locally within a program and even within a function. Then the programmer wouldn't have to think about making the record names unique when defining a record which is not meant to be used outside...
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

Format patterns must be supported by TUI forms

Format patterns are not supported by TUI forms.They should be supported and work like formatNumber and formatDate.
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

Cursor methods on TUI forms

The methods must return the name and index of the field which holds the cursor. Example:cursorField string = form.getCursor();case (cursorField) when "NAME" ... when "CITY" ... when "ADDRESS_LINES" cursorFieldIndex int = form.getCursorIndex(); cas...
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

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over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Not under consideration

Ability to translate runtime messages

Since we do our business in dutch-speaking areas, we'd like to translate the strings already contained in te product (runtime messages). For instance error messages, show to the user.
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

Methods on TUI fields

More methods on TUI fields are needed. E.g. is field protected, is field unprotected.In other words: If you can say "set field xx" then you should also be able to say "if (field is xx)". Some of the attributes, e.g. colors, can be grouped and it w...
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

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