Cobos 5.0 Release Notes

Posted July 22, 2020

Release 5.0 [2020-07-22]

Deployment
- Launch remote compilation of generated programs
- Download IMBi updated sources in Eclipse
- Deploy one file to the webserver
History Management
- Support multiple targets, remote cleanup
Designer Preferences
- If “IBMi Source Library” field is empty, it is set to the Library field value
Designer Tutorial
- Lok and feel enhanced
- Launch pre-filled form from Eclipse
- Sample project “List of countries.jdp” updated

Cobos4i Servlet Admin
- Configure multiple Cobos4i web servers from Eclipse
- Reuse main server configuration parameters for Cobos4i projects
Cobos4i Generator
- Generate complete new applications (HTML and RPG files) to list, insert, update or delete any database file
Cobos4z Z/Navigator
- Better differenciated menu items acting on Eclipse or acting on remote mainframe
Cobos4i Libraries for IBMi – Management of DBCS support
- When installing IBMi libraries, you can check the DBCS option. This will install the DBCS libraries on the IBMi. By default, SBCS libraries are installed.

29942 – Designer Editor: fix Japanese translation
30066 – Designer Tutorial crash if Add a country is the first action
30093 – Cobos logging: messages are accumulated multiple times
30094 – Designer Editor crash when opening an html file that do not belong to a Designer project
30140 – Project property change Library should refresh Designer project
30154 – Designer Editor: check license before opening the editor
30189 – Deployment: file created empty and unclosed if download exception
30190 – Cobos Commands: monitor out of control of Eclipse during long running operations
30289 – Cobos4i Default preference do not select the current CCSID
30359 – OutputParsers: java.lang.NullPointerException when using wrong charset
30499 – GnuCOBOL: Check Syntax fails on END-JSON statement
31088 – Servlet Engine Admin: Settings translated and normalized
31090 – Deploy Web problem: filename generated contains blank characters
31091 – Designer Editor: action code input field too small
31127 – FTP4i: Support Charset in Edit/Get/Get all File/Member(s) command
31130 – Servlet Engine Admin: Restore Defaults is not working
31142 – Servlet Engine Admin: password display is not obfuscated
31177 – CheckSyntax: The keyboard shortcut for a disabled action works once