Re: Hex attribute characters in rpgle source member column 5 issue

I use this command at the bottom of the LPEX editor to strip out those x'22' values:

findText all replaceWith "" regularExpression \u0082

Unicode 0082 is the equivalent of EBCDIC hex 22. You can use the right click "Source" -> "Hex Edit Line" feature to see Unicode to EBCDIC CP037 hex equivalents.

I use this command looking for other special characters:

findText regularExpression [^\x20-\x7E]

I do SQL scripting work, which gets stored in a DB2 database, through an MS Access User Interface, and the MS Access front end doesn't like it when I paste in such special characters.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Young [mailto:jyoung0950@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 7:50 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries
Subject: [WDSCI-L] Hex attribute characters in rpgle source member column 5 issue

All,
RDi 9.0.0
I have a large number of source members that have a Hex attribute character (usually x'22' in column 5 of the source member for when SEU was the primary source editor being used.
In RDp 8.5, this showed as a reverse image square in column 5 and the rest of the source line being displayed properly.
In RDi 9, the source line is shifted one column to the left, and no indication that the line has a special character in column 5.

Is this an Eclipse change or did something change in the LPEX editor?

Jeff Young
Sr. Programmer Analyst

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