Rational Programming Patterns

What's new in Rational Programming Patterns V9.0.1

This new version includes features that improve the overall quality of the product.

Decreasing number of generation differences

The number of the generation differences between Pacbase and Rational® Programming Patterns is significantly lower. Fewer regression tests are then needed after the transition.

Enhanced reference management

The reference management benefits from two enhancements:
  • Search of Data Element usages in the COBOL code

    You can search for the usages of a Data Element in the code that is entered manually in the PROCEDURE DIVISION of the generated files of Programs, Screens, or Servers (.cbl extension).

    You start the search from a new item of the Data Element contextual menu at two levels:
    • The Data Elements on the server, which are displayed in the result view of a server design or subreference search,
    • The Data Elements in the local workspace, which are displayed in the Design Explorer view or the result view of a design or subreference search.

    The search results are displayed in a dedicated view. This view displays the context of each usage and highlights the Data Element usage in the COBOL line. You can open the PDP COBOL editor from the detected usages. You can also use the standard actions of the view, for example, to remove the display of a usage, browse through the usages, or display the history of each usage search.

  • References to undefined instances

    In the description of a Text or User Entity, you can reference an instance that is not defined in the current network.

    You can indicate this undefined instance as the target of the assignment of a Text paragraph or the target of a reference-type relation in a User Entity.

Enhanced editors of server instances

The editors of the server instances behave almost identically to the editors of the local instances. From them, you can navigate through instances. Moreover, the displayed content is enhanced (for example, the labels of the Data Elements that are called in the -CE Lines are now displayed).

Enhanced micropatterns

The CO (CASE OF) micropattern was developed for the retrieval of the Pacbase data. Moreover, the existing micropaterns have been improved


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