IBM® Rational® Programming Patterns 9.0.0.1 – Release Notes

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Purpose

IBM Rational Programming Patterns V9.0.0.1 is a fix pack that applies to Rational Programming Patterns V9.0.

Rational Programming Patterns V9.0.0.1 (RPP 9.0.0.1) Fix pack mainly focuses on removing generation differences between Pacbase and RPP, found on Customer repositories:

It also includes some APAR corrections listed below.

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APARs corrected in RPP 9.0.0.1 fix pack

APAR	Summary
PM88025	Generation failed for Error Labels and Copybooks from Logical Views
PM91357	Creation of a child data element above its parent in some cases

Remaining APARs to be corrected in a future Release or Fix Pack

APAR	Summary
PM91106	Deletion of link between text and another entity impossible
PM78815	Operator MOVE not generated in some cases in the Macro-Structures

Known problems and workarounds

Generation differences

Reminder from RPP 8.5/RPP 9.0 and still applicable:

Some differences between a same program generated from Pacbase and RPP remain unresolved.

In spite of the fact that those differences are compensated by the pattern recognition technology, the consequences are:

- The number of specific code lines is greater in RPP than in Pacbase

- A new program created and generated in RPP might be slightly different than in Pacbase

RPP replaces the line in difference with the line coming from Pacbase and shows the line as it is locally generated in a tooltip text. Thus:

- The source code of the program is the same in RPP & Pacbase

- The compilation of those programs gives the same executable as in Pacbase

Some differences are solved in RPP, while some others will be solved in upcoming fix packs or releases.

Associated level of Pacbase

It is highly recommended to use this fix pack with the corresponding level of Pacbase when working on the migration process from Pacbase to RPP:

Pacbase 3.5 Y09A

Id	Summary
1146	Integration of non COBOL generated files under RTC: error Labels files are not managed
2565	Pactables extract procedures have no equivalent in RPP
4992	No possibility to choose a specific destination folder for the map for Screen and client entities
7330	As a User, I need "Aliases" to be generated in the Copybooks
14744	Code derivation - Batch program: generation failed