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RBD EGL Source format function doesn't wrap comment line that over 80 columns

The EGL source format function (CTRL+SHIFT+F in EGL Editor) doesn't wrap comment line that over 80 columns.
over 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 3 Not under consideration

Retain (with option to print) results in Remote Search view (RBD & RDp)

Retain search results (Remote Search view), even after the view or the software is closed. Also, allow these saved search results to be shared between developers.Presently, when doing numerous searches (e.g., via "Find String . . ." [FNDSTRPDM] fr...
over 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 Not under consideration

Problems with EGLAR files in the debugger

Possibility to define an eglar path to the workspace and not the individual project.
over 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 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.
about 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 Not under consideration

Need for Optional ICN field in RFE Submission Tool

In Accelerated Value Program (Premium Support), we are starting to see increased value of RFEs submitted. It is very difficult for us to chase RFEs which some of the customers expect us to chase. Especially the potential Customer names seems to be...
about 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 5 Not under consideration

Smarter deployment for multiple EARs

This RFE is related to RFE no. RATLC01512472.Will be great if we can separate the common components (fda7.jar, dojo libraries, egl.js, etc.) in a global package (possibly a .jar) and deploy it globally visible to a lot of applications, each one de...
about 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 Not under consideration

Indent Guide

I should be possible via e.g. an Indent Guide to visualize the different blocks of code in a program. Furthermore it should be possible to collapse and expand the blocks of code by pushing a ?plus sign?. Currently only comments can be collapsed an...
about 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 4 Not under consideration

Convert all sql words in #sql statement to upper case

If we have Half Width Katakana in our EGL literals and lower case sql keywords, we must currently rewrite our EGL source code to change the Half Width Katakana to normal width, or change our lower case SQL keywords into upper case, to avoid compil...
over 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 Not under consideration

SQLRetrieve Check for existing DataItems

When retrieving the SQLRecord from the database, it should check for existing DataItems in the EGL Data Dictionary which match. (see VAGen capabilities)
almost 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 Not under consideration

Option to disable BIND step during Cobol Generation

We would like to see a option to disable the DB2 bind step during generation instead of separating generation and bind. This could be a option on the build part or during the generate with wizard.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 Not under consideration

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