Re: Converting to free form RPG with RDi out of the box

On Oct 9, 2015, at 5:58 PM, Edmund Reinhardt <edmund.reinhardt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Hi Craig,
RDi supports converting calcs to free form with some limitations (as you
have seen).
Vendors like Linoma and Arcad do a much better job and also handle HFDP
conversion (which RDi has never had support for.)

I encourage you to try their products, they integrate well with RDi.

Edmund



From: Craig Jacobsen <craigjacobsen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries'" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 10/09/2015 02:13 PM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Outline not working on large RPGLE
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Hi Edmund,

I think it did catch it and I didn't notice it because I don't know how it
happened.
Here is what I think it was:
C PARM *INZR 1

I am new to RDi and most likely copied and pasted something mistakenly.

Btw, is there a way to convert H,F,D, specs to free format by highlighting
and right clicking?
A coworker says it worked in previous releases but no long works in 9.5.
(He just downloaded 9.5 today)
It works with C specs but puts in /FREE and /END-FREE. It also won't do
*Entry Plist.
Maybe I have to set up something someplace??

Thanks,

Craig



-----Original Message-----
From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edmund
Reinhardt
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 1:58 PM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Outline not working on large RPGLE


So why didn't the verifier catch it? Was it valid ILE RPG? If so then
there is still a bug with the live RPG parser, and I would appreciate you
pasting in the offending line of source.




From: Craig Jacobsen <craigjacobsen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries'"
<wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 10/09/2015 01:05 PM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Outline not working on large RPGLE
Sent by: "WDSCI-L" <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



Thank you Buck that was it.
I accidentally changed an incoming parm to use *INZSR instead of the
variable name.
Don't know how I did it, but as soon as I fixed that the outline magically
appeared.

Thanks again,

Craig

-----Original Message-----
From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Buck
Calabro
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 11:54 AM
To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Outline not working on large RPGLE

On 10/9/2015 11:20 AM, Craig Jacobsen wrote:

I just started using RDi at my new job.
I have to document a huge program that has many files, subprocedures
and subroutines.
For some reason, for this program only the Outline window is not being
filled.
It is a convoluted program, and that's why it needs to be documented.
Anyone have any ideas as to how to get this to work?

In the past, the Outline View sometimes got confused if the source code had
a syntax error, like a line I am in the middle of typing, or something
included in a /copy member.

Look through the source for squiggly underlines, and also down the left
side
for yellow caution triangles. That's a hint that the Outline View is
seeing
what it thinks are errors in the source code.

I have a vague recollection that there is a scenario regarding what column
code within a /COPY starts in, but I couldn't find it with a quick peep at
the archives. It's probably in a thread that drifted from the subject
line...

I definitely feel for you; I have some hideous programs that I've tried
with
the Outline View but I'm afraid to say that I find a compiler cross
reference more reliable. I intend to open some PMRs when I get time to
catch a breath...

--
--buck

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