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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories RDi (Rational Developer for i)
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 12, 2016

RELATED IDEAS

IBM Rational Developer for i, lpex convert H,F,D,P spec to Free-Form

With the V7R2 version RPGLE is possibie to use free formats for Control, File, Definition, and Procedure statements.
While LPEX editor allows conversion of specific C, does not allow free conversion formats for other specifications.
It would be very useful to implement this functionality.
Please see attachmet visual example.


Use Case:

Convert source fixed format to free-form without the probable errors of a manual conversion.


Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 17, 2017

    This RFE is a duplicate of RFE79677: Add menu option to convert file and variable definitions to free form
    (https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=79677).

    Thank you for submitting the RFE. We have evaluated this request and determined that it cannot be implemented at this time.
    The following provide tools which convert from fixed form H, F, D and P specs to free-form:
    http://www.jcrcmds.com/
    http://www.linomasoftware.com/products/rpg-toolbox
    http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/arpp

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 17, 2017

    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 Power Systems
    Component - Other
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Other

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Application Platform
    Product - Rational Application Developer
    Component - Other
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Other

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 12, 2016

    Attachment (Description): visual example

    RDi convert fre...
    RDi convert free-form.pdf
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    RDi convert free-form.pdf

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