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Rational Programming Patterns

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Check for inconsistency in the list of macrostructure calls

Currently, the user can create two identical calls of the same macrostructures in a program. This makes the two macrostructure calls to be ignored. This is error prone, because the user do not always see that two calls are identical. New controls ...
over 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered

Quick display of the reason a COBOL have to be regenerated

Currently, when a program needs to be regenerated because it is not in sync with design files, there is no quick way to understand which designs are responsible for the desynchronization. The user has to go in the Generation Manager View, look for...
over 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered

[AXA/ESP]Cross References for group areas into segments

into Pacbase, group areas can be defined into the dictionary as data elements. Pacbase in the -XS screen is able to list the use of the data element into segments as signle data elements and as group area.But RPP only list uses as data elements. S...
over 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Delivered

Quick element lookup from source

I would like a quick way to get to the design editor for an element from the source code.
almost 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 5 Delivered

Liste des Segments par Valeur de Code Structure

Reprise d'une demande faite pour Pacbase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------NUMERO............: 831127 ( CGI 1087 ) TYPE..............: V DEMANDE D'EVOLUTION ETAT..............: 01 EVENEMENT DECRIT, A DE...
almost 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Delivered

Multiple Macro Parameter Entry

When entering multiple parameters in -CP of a program model, there is no easy way to get to the next parameter. Hitting tab shifts the screen so that the user cannot see what number parameter they are on. There is no way to automatically jump to t...
about 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Delivered

Improve help text around macros and line numbers

The documentation for macros and line numbers should be improved to show more before/after examples of the generated code.
about 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered

Functions should always be in order

Functions in specific and macro code should always be in the correct order.
about 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered

Accès aux utilisation d'une macro depuis le -CP d'un programme/écran

Acc?der aux utilisations d'une macro (?quivalent du -XP) ? partir du -CP d'un programme / zone Macro Call (? c?t? de Comments, Keywords).
about 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Delivered

Possibilité d'export de l'onglet 'niveau, position et longueur' d'un segment en CSV

Lorsque l'on affiche cet onglet bien utile, il manque la possibilit? de faire un "export en mode CSV" du tableau correspondant au contenu du segment. En effet nous avons souvent besoin de ces donn?es sur forme bureautique. Axe d'am?lioration : ajo...
about 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Delivered