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Rational Programming Patterns

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Change the condition of a sub-function

In RPP it is possible to change a subfunction in several respects. Like via contect menue Change Level or move subfunction. But it is not possible to change a subfunction with a condition into without condition or other way round.This is left to m...
about 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Delivered

Add more controls of overlapping fields in screen descriptions

When two fields in a screen are overlapping, this can lead to a malfunctionning program after generation. Currently, RPP does not detect the fact that two fields are overlapping, so the user has no way to know that the screen he is designing is wr...
over 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered

Remove PACBASE specific program control when in COBOL facet

Don't want to have PACBASE specific control on a program of the COBOL facet.
almost 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered

I would like the ability to move multiple subfunctions with a single action in the generated code structure view

As a developer, I would like the ability to move multiple subfunctions with a single action in the generated code structure view. A dialog could prompt the developer for the target of each function/subfunction.
over 6 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered

Improvement when typing in "-CE" tab

Type a lot of Data Element in a Data Aggregate (or Report Entity or other) is not so fast and efficient as in PACBASE. If I know each Data Element to put in my Data Aggregate (or Report Entity or other) why I need to search each of them ? It would...
about 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Delivered

Avoir tous les formats des rubriques

Avoir dans les vues o? le format des rubriques apparait avoir tous les formats
over 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Delivered

Access to the text of the macrostucture entity

Currently, to access the text of a macrostructure it is necessary to use the super reference. Would it be possible to have a link to the text directly in the macrostructure entity?
over 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered

copy/paste information in -CE label of dataaggregate

Currently, it is not possible to copy / paste the segment description in -CE label of a dataaggregate to put it in a text editor (ultraedit, word..Etc). This practice was very regular before.
over 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered

Promote of design's element

RPP precondition Prevent unresolved design references is set A new data element and a segment which calls this data element have been distributed in the Development Stream. Changesets are linked with 2 wi (data element and segment). It is posible ...
over 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Delivered

RSA - règle "Utiliser des commentaires pour chaque paragraphe"

Les étiquettes Fffss-FN, Fffss-900 et assimilées ne doivent pas entrer dans le champ d'application de cette règle, car RPP ne génère pas de commentaire pour ces paragraphes.
about 5 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Delivered