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Allow build descriptors to be specified as annotations

When working with Rich UI applications in the RBD tooling today it is often necessary to set properties at a package or part level indicating whether to use a Java or a JavaScript build descriptor during generation. For example, Rich UI handlers n...
about 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Planned for future release

Suppress empty entries returned by program call service

With the service wizard in EGL you can quickly create SOAP/RESTful services to do RPG program calls.However when the output parameter list of the RPG program contains repeating groups also all empty groups are sent in JSON format to the EGL GUI. I...
over 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Not under consideration

Make EUnit available for RBD/EGL

We would like to use the EUnit facility that is available for EDT/EGL to become available and officially supported by RBD/EGL. We know there is an unofficial version in use by Paul Hoffman, but we would like it to be an official part of the RBD/EG...
over 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Planned for future release

Enhance EGL runtime error reporting with symbolic dump of the EGL call stack and visible EGL variables

When the EGL RunUnit ends because of an Exception, a short, uninformative and often incorrect error message is printed. For example: EGL0150E An error occurred calling the yyyy program. Error: java.lang.NullPointerExceptionEGL0002I The error occur...
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 2 Not under consideration

Improve the ELAD message more accurate in EGL V8

EGL V6 has more accurate ELAD message, such as V6 provides more details for SQL error in ELAD. But EGL V8 doesn't include as much details as EGL V6 in ELAD. Improve the EGL V8 ELAD message to EGL V6 level.
over 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Not under consideration

EGL - GET DIAGNOSTICS statement

We want support in EGL for the GET DIAGNOSTICS statement. EGL has the basic ROWSET processing, but doesn'n implement the GET DIAGNOSTICS support.
over 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Not under consideration

Indent Guide

I should be possible via e.g. an Indent Guide to visualize the different blocks of code in a program. Furthermore it should be possible to collapse and expand the blocks of code by pushing a ?plus sign?. Currently only comments can be collapsed an...
over 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 4 Not under consideration

DB connection properties are retained within multiple service calls

We have a RUI application where we have been trying to implement a dynamic login to authenticate our users to implement specific data access statements within the application from iSeries DB2 Datasource and in turn from user profiles contained wit...
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 3 Planned for future release

Option to check, return the value of all field attributes

We would like the enhancement where there is a mechanism within RBD/EGL to check, return the value of a green screen's field attributes.
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Not under consideration

EGL Data Wizard provide functionality for returning auto-generated column values on the AddXXXX functions.

I would like to see the EGL Data Wizard provide functionality for returning auto-generated column values on the AddXXXX functions. Presently, the wizard only allows you to mark a column as Read Only to prevent the generated code from trying to mai...
over 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

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