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    Comparing 2 nullable values that are both null returns false

    We have 2 variables that are nullable (for example: nullable ints or nullable dates).If both variables are null, and we check them for equality, the result should be true, but it's false. Code example:a, b int?;a = null;b = null;if(a == b) writeSt...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Not under consideration

    zUnit: PLI-Support for the return-code (PLIRETC)

    The test case editor of zUnit does not recognizes the return code for a PLI program (PLIRETC) and therefore no expected value can be specified.
    over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Future consideration

    Secure RDz workspace in encrypted sandbox

    There are several security concern from system Z customer view. The number 1 is the Foot Print issue. RDz store the download file without encryption. When exit workbench, the temporary file is even not deleted. If we can allocate a file spaces wit...
    almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

    EGL Genrator targeting WAS Batch Enviroment

    An option in the EGL generator for targeting the WAS Batch/ Extended Deployment Compute Grid as a runtime environment for Java-generated EGL programs
    almost 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

    Generated HTML with EGLDoc Plugin

    Hi,We want to standardize all egl programs. In some parts such as programs, libraries, functions, records, items, it is essential to use "Description = #doc{ }" property.From this property we want to generate HTML such as Javadoc plugin. Thank you...
    over 7 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Documentation 3 Not under consideration

    Possibility to use custom source definitions in combination with "Create EGL Client interface"

    We would like to have the possibility to use custom source definitions in combination with "Create EGL Client interface".This way we can make sure a new "EGL - Create EGL client interface" action is not moving records to other sourcefiles. In the ...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 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
    about 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Not under consideration

    Adding a little bit of TWS to the JCL editor

    TWS makes small changes to the JCL. These changes result in errors and warnings marked by the JCL editor within RDz. That way all of our JCLs are wrong and it is very easy to miss real errors in a JCL. Please add TWS variables to the syntax check ...
    about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

    Find changed lines in LPEX EDITOR

    LPEX EDITOR automatically flags changes lines with a purple mark on the left of the line.After making some changes to my program, I want to review all of them before saving the file.Is there a way to have a list of all the current changes, or at l...
    about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

    Add code review rules to IDZ to help with Syntax Check with migration to COBOL6

    Add these 4 code review rules to IDZ to help with Syntax Check with migration to COBOL6:1. Zeroth occurrence is referred in the array2. Non numeric data to numeric fields. Move or condition check for Zone decimal fields against non-numeric data ca...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

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