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Status Delivered
Categories Editors
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 10, 2020

Autoformat rules for the IDz COBOL editor handling of spaces brackets needs to be configurable.

The basic autoformat rules should cover the requirements for most of the IDz COBOL users. To prevent not be dictated by IDz.

The rule templates should be configurable by each individual user as well as being enforced by an IDz admin.

See for example the source snippet below:

*-----------------------------------------------------------------
V14-1-Formatted section.
*-----------------------------------------------------------------
* This section looks like it was formatted with V14.1 template specifications Resulting code

move 1 to ind * default
move "Part 1" to column_1 ( 1 ) *> ugly stmt1 "text1" stmt2 varname(num) move "Part 1" to column_1(1)
move "1000" to column_1 ( 2 ) *> ugly stmt1 "text1" stmt2 varname(num) move "1000" to column_1(2)

if ( column_1 ( ind ) numeric *> ugly stmt1 (varname (varname)) stmt2 if (column_1(ind) numeric
* ^-----------------------------------------------> good !!!!
and column_2 ( ind ) = zero ) *> ugly stmt3 (varname (varname)) stmt4 value) and column_2(ind) = zero)
or column_3 ( ind ) = spaces *> ugly stmt3 (varname (varname) stmt4 value or column_3(ind) = spaces

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Aug 24, 2020

    It is agreed that this has been corrected in the latest release.

  • Guest
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    Apr 27, 2020

    A preliminary evaluation of this request indicates that it is consistent with our business strategy. Further evaluation of this RFE is underway.

  • Guest
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    Jan 13, 2020

    Correction:
    Auto Formatter for IDz version 14.1 removed all senseless SPACES
    Should read
    Auto Formatter for IDz version 14.2 removed all senseless SPACES