Re: Content Assist (with COBOL) -- WDSCI-L

Jim

I'm at the other end. I remember making a 1 or 2-line mod to COBOL over 10 years ago. As you said, RPG now has the D-specification, which serves the same function as your WORKING STORAGE SECTION. The RPG outline also sends me to the source line where something occurs, but at least it shows you what all the fields are (mostly). No auto-complete, but maybe enough of a reference to be helpful. I was hoping.

I'm at a company now where we mostly use C and CL, and that really bytes, as the iSeries support for C/C++ is non-existent, as far as editors are concerned. No parser for it. This is especially frustrating, as there was a very nice Visual Age C++ for AS/400 that did a lot of the remote verification, etc., that RSE has - but it is not being used or even hardly thought of. Of course, both of us in the USA that use C on the 400 don't make much of a ground swell. ;-)

Later
Vern

At 12:22 PM 9/14/2004, you wrote:

   Vern,

   Yes, I get an outline view, but it just jumps the source to the major
   sections of my code.  The outline view does not show the fields defined in
   the WORKING STORAGE SECTION of the program.  It shows the named sections
   of the source code, and the 01 groups of the field definitions.  I don't
   know if that makes sense to you, but in COBOL all the fields are defined
   in the WORKING STORAGE SECTION or the FILE SECTION.  I know from my early
   days with RPG, that you can define fields on the fly.  I assume this is
   still the case.  You can also define fields in one of the specs at the top
   of the program, if I remember correctly.  I have not written RPG for 15
   years, so my RPG is _very_ rusty.  I still  understand quite a bit when I
   look at source code, but it would take an act of Congress to get me to
   write in RPG again. ;^)>  (that's me with a beard smiling!)

   At 08:54 AM 9/13/2004, you wrote:

Jim

     Do you get an Outline view for COBOL? RPG outline gives you a filed
     list, etc., but maybe it's not very helpful for completion.

     Vern

     At 09:17 AM 9/13/2004, you wrote:
     -snip-

          I do get a list of variables for COBOL  when I prompt after an IF
          statement.  The list has to be navigated with page up and down
       keys, and
          with the arrow keys.  I would like to see the list jump to the
       first
          variable with the letter I type.  For example, if I display a list
       of
          variables, or of commands, and I type the letter 'e' I would like
       to have
          the list positioned at the first variable or command that starts
       with that
          letter.  Commands I know really well for COBOL, but the variables
       could be
          a big help with the list.

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