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Status Future consideration
Categories Client Install
Created by Guest
Created on May 16, 2022

API to fill manually the Remote Error List

In IDz we would like to offer to our developers the Remote Error list filled with the compile errors / warnings / information of Cobol Programs. Since we have a multi-step-compile we cannot use the usual way for this feature due to a shift of the line-numbers. So, we would manually care that the xml for the remote error list created during the compile contains the correct line numbers and would fill the IDz-view RemoteErrorList within our own-written plugin based on this xml. Currently we are testing an implementation of a class RemoteErrorFeedbackImpl that implements the corresponding interface and the needed methods, which has been forwarded to us by an IBM-colleague. Here the messages are added to the “Remote Error List”, the corresponding lines are marked in the editor source and with a double click in the “Remote error list” the cursor is positioned at the corresponding line in the editor. But we are facing here the following problem: The method performErrorfeedback of this class provides the possibility to define, whether a cleanup of the xml created by the exit ADEXIT(ELAXMGUX) should be executed or not. Unfortunately there seems to be no possibility to forward this parameter for the method postErrorsToTasklist of the class ZosErrorParsingUtility, which is used in the class. So, the xml generated during the compile is always deleted, independently how a cleanup-parameter is defined. We would need a modification of the method postErrorsToTaskList where a xml file might not be deleted when the cleanup-parameter is not set to true. Alternatively also an implementation of the class RemoteErrorFeedbackImpl which respects the cleanup parameter would help.
Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Jun 2, 2022
    Thank you for taking the time to suggest an enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us. Your request is currently in line with our product strategy and we added it as a candidate for future releases of the product. Thank you for your suggestion and continued support.