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User Interface (IDE)

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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...
over 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 4 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...
over 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 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...
about 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 Not under consideration

Batch Migration RBD 7.1.0.5 -> RBD 8.0.1.1

Check the possibility to create a automated batch migration between version RBD 7.1.0.5 and RBD 8.0.1.1 A manually migration of all source will take a lot of time for a user (with interaction) As discussed on call with Paul Hoffman there could be ...
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 4 Not under consideration

Support of DB2 synonyms for validateSQLStatements=yes

We would like to use the SQLValidatation during Generation of Cobol (validateSQLStatements=yes). Because we are using DB2 Synonyms in our SQL statements, SQLValidation during Generation fails. It looks like as if only the DB2 SYSIBM.SYSTABLES is c...
over 13 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)
over 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.
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 Not under consideration

Be able to import interfaces from Websphere Integration Developer

A Websphere Integration Developer project contains interfaces for Human Tasks.We want to be able to import those interfaces into the RBD project so we can create user inferfaces for those interfaces.
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 3 Not under consideration

Field ordering in RDp DDS designer

Sort fields by row/column position in DDS source.
almost 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 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...
about 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 Not under consideration