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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...
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LPEX Editor support for inline copybook expansion

Currently in the LPEX Editor, if a COBOL program has COPY statements you can either do a Browse Copy Member or Open Copy Member to view the contents of the copybook. This is opened in a another view / window. It would provide better context if inl...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

stop migrator from removing blank constant fields

Hi,Some of the developers have requested if it is possible to say put in an option to stop the VisualAge Generator (VisGen) to EGL migrator from removing blank constant fields from the 3270 screen when converting from VisGen to EGL.Thanks
over 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 4 Not under consideration

Automate Population of zOS Properties

RDz needs a wizard where the user specifies a job output residing in JES where the data sets required for zOS properties are identified and populated into a new Property Group or an existing property group.
almost 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Not under consideration

Map fields as function and program parameters

I would be nice if it was possible to parse map fields as in/out parameters to functions and programs.That would enable the programmer to write common functions and programs, setting the attributes of the map fields.
about 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

Local record definitions

It would be nice if it was possible to define records locally within a program and even within a function. Then the programmer wouldn't have to think about making the record names unique when defining a record which is not meant to be used outside...
about 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

JTA support including transactionTimeOut

EGL currently does not support JTA (Java Transaction API). We are using DB2 on iSeries which supports the setLockTimeOut API for iSeries XADataSource objects associated with JTA. See http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/index.jsp?...
about 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Not under consideration

Optimzing EGL pagination for large tables

EGL data table (UI) component supports in-memory pagination which requires all records to be fetched in an EGL array beforehand, and then paginates over that array. If a table has millions of records, all of them can not be fetched in one array an...
about 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Not under consideration

Cancel On Page Transition User Exit

Our JSF application architecture defines two types of pages: a) Main pages b) Pop-upsThe architecture requires that main-page bean state be saved in session across invocation of a pop-up, but not when transitioning to another main page. This canno...
about 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 7 Not under consideration

Need easy way to enter some data in hex on expression of breakpoints

When entering data in the EXPRESSION field on the optional parameters panel for a BREAKPOINT I don't have an easy way of entering just one byte of a 20 byte value that is a non displayable hex value. Say I want the expression to be: CARD="ALL CHAR...
about 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 6 Not under consideration

Lotus Domino Integration with EGL

This is for IBM i customers. We have recently had requests from several customers to provide some form of integration between EGL generated applications and Lotus Domino database applications. It may be acceptable to treat the application as a dat...
over 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Not under consideration

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