PK71524: difference in handling of page header between 4GL and EGL

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Environment: Windows XP
  
  Product name: IBM? Rational? Business Developer
  
  Program Version    :  7.1
  Problem Description
  When conducting a migration from an 4gl application to an egl ap
  plication and the conversion wizard generates EGL which handles
  the page header differently from the 4GL implementation where th
  e print a variable is set initially to differing values between
  each eg as a=1 in 4GL but as null in EGL.
  
  An example of the difference in output between an 4gl and egl co
  ncerning the pageheaders.
  In 4gl you get the following output:
  1                  (= a)
  1                  (= i)
  1                  (= j)
  2                  (= j)
  3                  (= j)
  6                  (= sum(j))
  2                  (= i)
  1                  (= j)
  1                  (= sum(j))
  
  In EGL you get the following output:
  0
  1
  1
  2
  3
  6
  2
  1
  1
  
  The output of the 4gl report is correct and from the egl report
  the first number is not correct (must be 1 = variable a). Before
   the report the variable a is set to 1, so in the page header of
   the report the value of 'a' must be 1. So the problem is that
  the variable 'a' in the page header of the egl report is not yet
   defined (unknown).
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Invoke setVariables method in pageHeader function in the
  generated EGL report.
  

Problem conclusion

• Invoke setVariables method in pageHeader function in the
  generated EGL report.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL BUS DEV EX

• Fixed component ID

  5724S5000

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSN

     UP