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Status Not under consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 23, 2013

Provide option to force FM internal COBOL compiler, even if site compiler is found.

Add ability to force the use of FM internal COBOL compiler. This may be as simple as providing a ZAP to replace IGYCRCTL with FMN9RCTL in module FMNMAIN. (May also need to replace IGYCDOPT with FMN9DOPT.) A more user-friendly solution would be to provide a new profile option in FMN0POPT.

Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
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    Nov 19, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Development Tooling
    Product - IBM File Manager

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Enterprise Tooling
    Product - IBM File Manager

  • Guest
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    Apr 23, 2013

    Ran test using ZAP to replace first occurrence of string IGYCRCTL in module FMNMAIN with string XXXXXXXX. Achieved expected result of module not found for XXXXXXXX. This caused the internal FM compiler to be used. (Displays nuisance message regarding the not-found condition.) Applying a ZAP could be used short term, but it seems a permanent solution would be an actual FM option.