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Workspace IBM Developer for z/OS
Categories z/OS Application Development
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 7, 2013

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Custom skipping preprocessor first matching characters

To support a maximum number of legacy Cobol preprocessors, this property allows to define which lines of code should be considered as a preprocessing line and so should be ignored when parsing the Cobol source code.

For example, if this property is set to '%', all lines starting with a '%' character, and whatever is the position of this first character in the line, won't be parsed. If this property is set to '%?', all lines starting with a '%' or a '?' will be ignored.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    |     Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - Developer for System z

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - Developer for System z

  • Guest
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    |     Jan 10, 2014

    This request can be implemented using the new Extension points for preprocessor integration and content assist in RDz 9.0.1. The extension point for preprocessor integration can be used to create a preprocessor that can be integrated into the editors and started when you open a file in an editor. The extension point for content assistance can be used to contribute categories and proposals to the content assist window.
    For more information, go to http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ratdevz/v9r0/topic/com.ibm.etools.rdz.language.editors.doc/topics/t_extend_preprocessor.html?resultof=%22%65%78%74%65%6e%73%69%6f%6e%22%20%22%65%78%74%65%6e%73%22%20%22%70%6f%69%6e%74%22%20%22%70%72%65%70%72%6f%63%65%73%73%6f%72%22%20

    This function is being delivered with RDz v9.0.1 which was announced on 12/10/13.

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