Re: [WDSCI-L] How to update COBOL outline

[MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx]

   Oh boy!  I don't know I didn't realize what I could kick off with what I
   thought was a simple question.

   Jon, I'm nor sure I understand, but it looks like your response is
   directed to me.  ILE COBOL is what I'm using here.  I still don't have a
   refresh button on the outline view.  Maybe I'll just see if I can get FRED
   to work and actually get an enhancement request in for a refresh button.
    (We don't use IE and FRED doesn't always cooperate.)  I know I can save
   my work, but there are times while I'm part-way through adding a new chunk
   of logic to a program that I need to jump around to various parts of the
   program while I enter all the related code changes.  In these situations,
   the outline is outdated.  I know it takes a long time to update or even
   get an RPG outline, but COBOL is so fast I wonder if it would really take
   that much horsepower to update it as you typed.

   My brain just fights the idea of hitting 'Save' when I'm not anywhere near
   done.  I guess since I'm using a windows tool I ought to adapt windows
   logic and 'save early, save often' since crashes are inevitable.  I guess
   I just grew up in the stable environment of a S/38, AS/400, . . .  ;-)  
   Michael Quigley
   Systems-Analyst
   The Way International
   www.TheWay.org

   original message:

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   date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:11:18 -0500
   from: "Jon Paris" <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] How to update COBOL outline

   Then I guess you must be using OPM COBOL.  

   Sorry I just kinda assume that everyone is using the latest compiler.  Bad
   assumption I know but ILE COBOL has been out about 7 years now and I
   haven't
   used OPM COBOL since!

   There's a lot of good stuff in ILE COBOL.  For me it is like RPG/400 vs
   RPG
   IV - it is no contest.  ILE COBOL is a superset of COBOL/400 so I use it
   for
   all the COBOL stuff I do.

   On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:50:21 -0500, MichaelQuigley wrote
   > That's my problem.  There is no 'Refresh button' in the outline
   > view for   COBOL.   Michael Quigley   Systems-Analyst   The Way
   International

   Jon Paris
   Partner400
   www.Partner400.com