The Pattern Driven Programming (PDP) editor provides additional functions on top of those already provided by the standard RDz LPEX editor. It enables you to modify the COBOL code while clearly seeing the origin of all the code lines (generated lines, macro lines or specific code lines), the deleted/overwritten lines, and the potential problems detected by the reconciliation.
Here you can modify the generated code to adapt it to your particular needs. Modifying the generated code includes inserting code in the generated code, removing generated code or overwriting generated code.
In order to help you make these user specific changes, all the advanced functions of the RDz LPEX COBOL editor are available (cut/copy/paste, a great array of possible selections, filter view, debug, compare with, local syntax check, content assist...).
The specific changes will be emphasized by a specific color (which you can change by selecting
). So for example, a DATE-COMPILED line may be colored because the date coming from the VA Pac source is different from the same line which is output by the local generator. As long as you do not decide otherwise, the line coming from VA Pac is kept.