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Rational Business Developer Enhancements


 

IBM Rational Business Developer V7.1 delivers the following enhancements in addition to the existing capabilities of IBM Rational Business Developer Extension V7.0:

  • Support for MQ Series: Message queues can now be accessed using EGL language abstractions.
  • Support for IMS/DB (DL/I): Hierarchical databases can now be accessed using EGL language abstractions: IMS data can be accessed both during the debugging within the developer workbench, as well as from the deployed code.
  • IMS/TM support: Generated COBOL can now be deployed to the System z IMS/TM transaction manager.
  • I5/OS Integrated Application Server support: Generated Java web applications can now be deployed to the i5/OS Integrated Application Server.
  • I5/OS Data Queues and Data Areas support: These resources can now be accessed through the use of new EGL functions.
  • CSV files support: Comma separated value (CSV) files can now be accessed using EGL language abstractions.
  • Text User Interface applications: Language elements and tools provide the ability to write traditional 5250 or 3270 character based user interface programs.
  • Web Transaction support: To facilitate migration of VisualAge Generator Web applications EGL now supports the development and generation of applications using the VisualAge Generator Web Transaction feature.
  • BIRT integration: EGL integration with BIRT, an open source reporting engine, enables creation of professional reports.
  • Portlets support: EGL JSF web applications can now be deployed to WebSphere Portal Server, and EGL provides built-in functions to interface the Portal framework, including support for inter-portlet communications.
  • Enhanced security: EGL applications can now include user sign-on capability to restrict access to resources only to authorized users, through new EGL support for access to JNDI/LDAP directory data and enablement of both Container-managed and Application-managed security.
  • JSF support enhancements: IBM Rational Business Developer 7.1 includes several editor usability enhancements, the use of JSF Ajax-enabled type-ahead fields, and the use of LDAP security JSF support.
  • EGL language enhancements: these include the use of XOR operator, the ability to pass and return EGL records on function invocations and other minor enhancement
  • EGL invocation from native Java: IBM Rational Business Developer now generates Java wrappers that enables EGL invocation from native Java.
  • ILE service procedures invocation: EGL can now invoke native i5/OS ILE service procedures.
  • Usability enhancements: A new project wizard and numerous source editor and debugger improvements (such as automated formatting, improved content assist, dynamic error markers, code refactoring, "Jump to line" during debugging, dynamic code modification during debugging) significantly simplify the EGL development experience.
  • Bi-directional text enhancements: A number of enhancements enable development and deployment of applications that require bi-directional text support.
  • Built-in tools: Tools allow for automated conversion of VisualAge Generator code to EGL.
  • Protecting legacy investments: Rational Migration Extension for Natural and RPG to assist System z and IBM i customers who have legacy Natural/ADABAS and RPG applications to migrate to EGL via an automated process.