The PDP LPEX editor provides additional functions on top of those already provided by the standard LPEX editor. You can modify the COBOL code while clearly seeing the origin of all the code lines (generated lines, macro lines or specific code lines), the deleted or overwritten lines, and the potential problems detected by the reconciliation.
Here you can modify the generated code to adapt it to your particular needs. Modifying the generated code includes inserting code in the generated code, removing generated code or overwriting generated code.
You can also insert formatted comment lines which correspond to micropatterns. When the instance is generated again, these lines are recognized and expanded with information fetched from the design of the instance. You can use micropatterns to add internal resources (Data Elements) to a Program, Macro, Screen or Server.
To help you make these user-specific changes, all the advanced functions of the LPEX COBOL editor are available: cut/copy/paste, a great array of possible selections, filter view, debug, compare with, local syntax check, content assist...).
The specific changes are emphasized by a specific color (which you can change by selecting Pacbase source is different from the same line output by the local generator. As long as you do not decide otherwise, the line coming from Pacbase is kept.
). For example, a DATE-COMPILED line might be colored because the date coming from the