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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 - Business Developer
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Rational
Product family - Design & development
Product - Business Developer
We initially accepted this requirement, but deeper investigation is causing us to reject it. Providing an option to leave the blank constant fields in the forms would solve the problem of using testing tools such as RFT, but it would make the migrated forms very difficult to maintain using the TUI form editor.
The VAGen map editor created blank constant fields for all of the white space on the screen. This often caused frustration when modify field lengths, since all of the following fields on the map would also shift position.
We solved that problem in the EGL TUI form editor, by maintaining 'null' space between the user-defined fields instead of inserting blank constants. This allows individual fields to be modifed without impacting the position of subsequent fields. If we were to retain all of the blank constant fields from VAGen, then we would reintroduce the problem of shifting fields in the editor. The usability would be even worse in the EGL editor, because it has a graphical editor where you use drag/drop to create new fields. If we were to retain the blank constants, then you would not be able to drop a new field onto the form, because all of the white space would be taken up by the constants.
Therefore, adding this option would have a long term negative impact on the maintainability of the migrated forms.
We agree with this request, and will try do deliver the change in a 7.5.x fix pack.
Hi,...Could you paste in some sample ESF for a form(s) that this is occurring on? That would help.