SE51958: RD POWER 8.5 - ILE RPG OUTLINE LIMITATIONS WITH "UPDATE THE OUTLINE VIEW WHEN TEXT IS CHANGED IN THE EDITOR" PREFERENCE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In RD Power version 8.5, when the "Update the Outline view
  when text is changed in the editor" preference is selected,
  there are some limitations of the ILE RPG Outline view.
  
  The following types of statements do not have their
  information included in the Outline view when the preference
  is selected:
  
  - SQL statements
  - I spec statements
  - O spec statements
  
  In addition, there are differences in the content in the
  Outline view when the preference is selected:
  
  - references to conditioning and level indicators are not
  included
  - references for DEFINE opcode with *LIKE factor 1 are not
  included
  - incorrect data structure length shown when using LIKE on a
  data structure using OVERLAY
  - (M) and (D) attributes on references do not match in all cases
  - whether external fields appear in upper or lower case does
  not match how it is first referenced
  

Local fix

• Limitations of the ILE RPG Outline view when the "Update the
  Outline view when text is changed in the editor" preference is
  selected will be resolved in the future.
  
  If you deselect the preference, the Outline view will revert
  to the previous behaviour.  Source in the editor will have to
  be closed and re-opened for the preference to take affect.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * ILE RPG developers using the default outline view preference *
  * in older releases.                                           *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Limitations in the outline view when "Update the Outline     *
  * view when text is changed in the editor" preference is       *
  * selected.                                                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  In RD Power version 8.5, when the "Update the Outline view when
  text is changed in the editor" preference is selected, there are
  some limitations of the ILE RPG Outline view.  These limitations
  are documented in
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21592728.
  

Problem conclusion

• The majority of these limitations have been resolved with the
  RDi 9.5.12 update as documented in
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21592728.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• Outline
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RPG/COBOL DEV T

• Fixed component ID

  5724Y9901

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY

     UP

• R851 PSY

     UP