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cannot debug big program with IBM COBOL for AIX

For 32-bit applications, the debug format on AIX, stabstrings, uses a two byte field for storing line numbers. Therefore the line numbers that can be represented are 0 - 65535. Therefore source files with more than 65535 lines will cause difficult...
about 13 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Provide Ant task to export an SCA module in ZIP format, with all dependencies

In RAD, there's earExport for exporting EARs and warExport for exporting WARs, upon all of their dependencies. In WID 7.0, a common task would be to export an SCA module in ZIP format, in order to later pass it through serviceDeploy. The ZIP forma...
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 2 Not under consideration

MySQL DB support in RBD EGL

Provide support for using the MySQL Database in RBD EGL.
almost 14 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 4 Not under consideration

Need documentation on how to develop EGL Web application calling CICS programs using different languages

Each CICS server and associated DB2 database supports a single language (for example Russian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian)Only the EGL Web application retrieves data from these different sources.
over 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 6 Not under consideration

Request to enhance error message for locale not supported during Informix extraction

When trying to extract database information to migrate from Informix i4GL to EGL, An error is raised when an incorrect locale is used: Locale not supported. It would be good to have an indication of what locale is supported. Error message seems to...
over 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 6 Not under consideration

stop migrator from removing blank constant fields

Hi,Some of the developers have requested if it is possible to say put in an option to stop the VisualAge Generator (VisGen) to EGL migrator from removing blank constant fields from the 3270 screen when converting from VisGen to EGL.Thanks
over 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 4 Not under consideration

[Copy] Enterprise COBOL V6R4 - IGZPROUT - Add "SERVICE" information in report

Hi, IBM Enterprise COBOL V6R4 allows you to produce a report of all subroutines called by dynamic call. We would like the information introduced by the SERVICE compilation option to be included in the IGZPROUT report. This would meet one of our...
over 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide ISO 2014 COBOL Enhanced ROUNDING options

Submitted By: 3100012QSB #57Submitted Date: 2016-06-14, Submitted By: Cheryl Watson
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Non-default Compiler Option to use DFP for intermediate results

Submitted By: 3100012QSB #58Submitted Date: 2016-06-15, Submitted By: Cheryl Watson
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

PGAD0712-1523 COBOL instrinsic function to support collation sequences

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: xgadweiSubmitters Company: GAD eG PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PGAD0712-1523 COBOL instrinsic function to support collation sequencesHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: In...
almost 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration