Re: RDi 9.9 **FREE RPG parser

Thomas and Steve,

I have read the fix list before, but I didn't thought, that # might be a NL character.

So thank you very much for pointing into the right direction.

Kind regards,
Daniel


> Am 03.02.2026 um 16:28 schrieb Steve Ferrell via WDSCI-L <[email protected]>:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> If you have 'Automatic Syntax checking' turned on, the Program Verifier DLLS are called automatically.
> 
> This impacts NL text, but ALSO those lovely hex color characters so popular to color 5250 source members.
> 
> Steve Ferrell
> Team Lead Software Engineer - RDi
> Fortra.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Sorry, I made a mistake, because I forgot to start the verifier. I just loaded the member into the editor without starting the verifier.
> 
> If I start the verifier I get the same error. The good thing is that adding "-Dfile.encoding=CP1252" to "RDi.ini" fixed the problem. E.g.:
> 
> -Dequinox.resolver.batch.timeout=1000
> -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStoreType=Windows-ROOT
> -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=NONE
> -Xms2048m
> -Xmx2048m
> -Dfile.encoding=CP1252
> 
> Thomas.
> 
> 
> 
> Am Di., 3. Feb. 2026 um 14:58 Uhr schrieb Steve Ferrell via WDSCI-L <
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> 
>> Hi Thomas and Daniel,
>> 
>> Yes, the Program Verifiers (COBOL and RPG) likely need the work around.
>> 
>> Java changed the default encoding on Windows to UTF-8. The Program
>> Verifiers are still expecting them to be CP1252.
>> 
>> The compiler team is aware of the issue.
>> 
>> If you don't use the program verifiers, you can turn off the
>> 'Automatic Syntax checking', and the errors should go away.
>> 
>> Steve Ferrell
>> Team Lead Software Engineer - RDi
>> Fortra.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: WDSCI-L <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Daniel
>> Gross
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2026 7:12 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDi 9.9 **FREE RPG parser
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>> Hi Thomas,
>> 
>> on my side it's a source member - using CCSID 273 - German W11 -
>> German partition.
>> 
>> But I will try that - could be the problem.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Daniel
>> 
>> 
>>> Am 03.02.2026 um 13:57 schrieb Thomas Raddatz via WDSCI-L <
>> [email protected]>:
>>> I use RDi 9.9 on a German Windows 11 PC and your test source does
>>> not show any errors when pasted into a member of an i Project.
>>> My workspace settings are:
>>> Text file encoding: UTF-8
>>> New text file line delimiter: Linux
>>> Opening the same source from a member on the IBM i (Object Table
>>> view) works fine (without errors), too.
>>> Maybe it helps setting property "file.encoding" as described in the
>>> fix
>>> list:
>>> Known issues:
>>> * On Windows, program verifiers issue errors for NL characters.  As
>>> a workaround, add the following in the rdi.ini after -vmargs:
>>>   -Dfile.encoding=CP1252
>>> I did not need to set that property.
>>> Thomas.
>>>> Am Di., 3. Feb. 2026 um 07:56 Uhr schrieb Daniel Gross
>>>> <[email protected]
>>> :
>>>> Hi there,
>>>> maybe I'm missing something or a default setting has changed, but
>>>> my RDi
>>>> 9.9 is flagging variables and constants starting with # as errors.
>>>> **free
>>>> dcl-c #CONSTANT 0;
>>>> dcl-s #variable int(10) inz(#CONSTANT); #variable = #CONSTANT;
>>>> *inlr = *on;
>>>> This little program is compiling without problems. But lines 2, 3
>>>> and
>>>> 4 are flagged as error in RDi 9.9.
>>>> It's a wild mix of RNF3904, RNF3312, RNF3301, RNF0633, RNF3429,
>>>> RNF0607 and RNF0604.
>>>> The same code isn't flagged in RDi 9.8.0.6. And as I wrote, the
>>>> code compiles without errors (on 7.5).
>>>> The same happens with other sources - the example above is only as
>>>> short as I thought to have all possible problems
>>>> So do I have something wrong, or is this a defect? And if it's a
>>>> defect, has someone a workaround until IBM/Fortra is supplying a fix?
>>>> TIA and kind regards,
>>>> Daniel
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