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EGL/RUI is consuming unnecessary memory from the browser. We need an automatic garbage collection process just like in Java..

To manage memory consumption in EGL/RichUI applications, you have to either reuse widgets or destroy widgets 'manually'. Reusing widgets makes software unnecessary complex postponing memory issues in larger apps. Manually destroying widgets is tim...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Planned for future release

Connecting to PostgreSQL-database

Currently, RBD only supports database connections to DB2, Derby, Informix, Oracle and SQL Server. Other database providers (which also have JDBC-drivers) are not supported. We want to be able to connect to a PostgreSQL-database.
over 5 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 1 Planned for future release

Support property "closeable" and event "onclose" for DojoDialog

The EGL Rich UI DojoDialog widget used to support the closeable property and the onclose event. These elements were removed by IBM at some point from the EGL DojoDialog wrapper.These are fundamental elements of a dialog dialog box, still fully sup...
about 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Planned for future release

An option to create empty SAMDS output files (RBD 9.11 / Generation for VSE)

EGL doesn't provide a method to create empty output files, whereas in native Cobol, output file is created within the open statement. In a mixed environment (EGL, native Cobol, CA Easytrieve) we have, this shortage in EGL causes extra logic to be ...
about 9 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 4 Planned for future release

CDATA-section support when using webservices.

Sending binary data through a webservice is not possible. The webservice will crash. Also, our users regularly seem to manage to enter illegal characters which after being sent or received by a webservice will make the webservice crash. Adding the...
over 9 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Inter-product Integrations 3 Planned for future release

ondoubleclick event

can you add an ondoubleclick event for widgets?
almost 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Planned for future release

MySQL DB support in RBD EGL

Provide support for using the MySQL Database in RBD EGL.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 4 Planned for future release

Need direct access to underlying data in DataGrid.

The standard way to build a grid is fine but to control a grid that is already built sometimes requires access to the components used in the implementation of the DataGrid widget. When the DataGrid was still a tech preview we could access the "gri...
about 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Planned for future release

Support DojoComboBox validation under MVC

DojoComboBox does not currently support validation under the common model in place using EGL's MVC infrastructure. We would like to be able to include DojoComboBox components on our forms and use MVC validation on their contents.
about 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Planned for future release

EGL regular expressions should support java.util.regex syntax

The syntax for regular expressions in RBD is somewhat limited compared to possibilities in java. Expressions written for java cannot be used in EGL.
over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Planned for future release

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