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Create new runtime module returning microseconds when invoking dateTimeLib.currentTimeStamp()

Currently the dateTimeLib.currentTimeStamp() function returns a timestamp in the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS:FFFFFF. Unfortunately the fraction part does not return microseconds even that the format indicates this. Instead only milliseconds is retu...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 2 Not under consideration

Improve EGL debugger tracing and variable values

We observed some new output when running the EGL debugger within updated RBD v7.5.1.5 after activating additional tracing output (an option advised previously by the RBD lab we always use) that did not happen in prior RBD versions ieCreate a "runu...
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 2 Not under consideration

equalize the behavior between ?transfer to transaction? and ?transfer to program? statement

We cannot use rununit.properties because we need different files per user. So we are trying to write a userdefined rununit in the Java start program for each user (userBB.properties) and each session. Each user has his own user defined printer fil...
almost 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 3 Not under consideration

Merge webServices client bindings generated by EGL with existing ones

Request to merge webServices client bindings generated by EGL with existing ones.This helps for example to keep a configured JSSE repertoire for web services over SSL on WAS 6.0.
almost 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 4 Not under consideration

Top Level Function (TLF) source code needs to be compiled with the containers (program/handler/library) that invoke them

"Top Level Function (TLF) source code needs to be compiled with the containers (program/handler/library) that invoke them. This is because, TLFs can contain references to global data in the container. When they are compiled standalone, the compile...
about 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 4 Not under consideration

Improve EGLSDK performance by only regenerating code for EGL source that has changed

Client would like to improve EGLSDK performance by only regenerating code for EGL source that has changed. <Env> Rational Business Developer V7.5.1.4 + EGLFixtest200912041057 + EGLFixtest201001211102 + EGLFixtest201001261536 + EGLFixtest2010...
over 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 3 Not under consideration

EGL maps in Parts Reference should appear in different lines

In Rational Business Developer 7.5, EGL Parts Reference, Use Declarations, when there's an EGL mapset with several maps, they should appear as the tables, in the first line the mapset name, then we explode and see each map in different lines with ...
about 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 4 Not under consideration

005f added after any underscore in the jsf variable names

When generating a jsf enabled jsp, if in the EGL jsf handler you add a variable having an underscore in it, and reference such variable from a jsf tag, let's say an input field, you'll see the reference with a 005f after the underscore. Meaning: m...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 4 Not under consideration

EGL handler using an EGL library holds on to global EGL library and the global variables within that library

request to improve performance by handling differently libraries in JSF handlers.
over 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 2 Not under consideration

skip re-generation of unchanged egl source code wiht SDK

EGLSDK always re-generate egl source code which are listed in the command file.Generating unchanged souce code is not necessary becauses it takes much more time.It's a good idea behaving like Java SDK.
over 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 2 Not under consideration