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Status Planned for future release
Categories Other
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 12, 2019

JSON support in EGL generated COBOL for System i

We know that RBD 9.6 has support for Json , but its not available for Cobol generation on System i (as400)

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    May 28, 2021

    The feature that is described in this request is a candidate for a future release.

  • Guest
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    Dec 11, 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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    Jun 11, 2020

    Is a function to parse a Json string to Cobol structure and another to generate a Json string from Cobol Structure is all you need? If not, can you be specific on exactly what you need here?