IBM Licensed Programs: Application Development Products 651
IBM Licensed Programs: Application Development Products
• Seamless access to AS/400
• Host offload, work-at-home option
The latest VisualAge RPG enhancements include:
• Subfile fields support for VALUE keyword
• Subfile StartAt attribute forces READC operation to start at the record specified
• Label substitution character (^) supported for subfile column headings
• Tab stop can be set for the subfile part
• Auto format and auto validation for entry fields
• Subfile, container, and list box parts support KeyPress and VKeyPress events
• Notebook page TabLabel attribute is now gettable
• Notebook part attribute ShowTabs allows you to show all tabs
• Options dialog setting determines if all tabs should be shown in properties notebooks
• Additional spacing capabilities for parts relative to a bounding area are supported
• Canvas part supports Enabled attribute
• Component part attribute, Platform, returns the environment in which the application is
running (Java or Windows)
• Specifying a part's size and position in the part's settings notebook
• Invocation of user commands as the last build step
• Personal Communications (PCOMM) for Windows support
• The “Who Am I” dialog in the GUI Designer provides project and VisualAge RPG
information
• JavaBean part for adding JavaBean components
• Menu items support for “What's This?” help for Java applications
• Entry Field and Multiline Edit parts retains text selection setting even if the window they
are on loses focus
• Component Package dialog has a Find button
• TEST directory can be specified for each project
• New HTML Help for VisualAge RPG
The latest CODE/400 enhancements include:
• Distributed Debugger:
– Single debugger UI across various platforms
– Multiple new invocation modes such as attaching to running JVM
– WebSphere support
• Editor:
– Token highlighting for HTML files
– Compiling AS/400 C++ source accessed from a mounted drive
– Quiet exit option when closing the Command Shell
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