Re: RDi 9.9 still generates RCL_API_Log_Sample files :(

Hi Steve

Case nbr: TS021393541
--
Marco Facchinetti

Mr S.r.l.

Tel. 035 962885
Cel. 393 9620498

Skype: facchinettimarco


Il giorno mer 4 feb 2026 alle ore 15:21 Steve Ferrell via WDSCI-L <
[email protected]> ha scritto:

> Hi Marco,
>
> Please contact IBM support with a small snippet of code.
>
> Especially any Data Structures using ALIGN(*FULL) and LIKEREC(<prototyped
> value>); If it's a common issue in your source code, it's likely in a /copy
> or /include file.
>
> I suspect these occurred in 98 as well, but that stack trace will fill up
> logs very quickly.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve Ferrell
> Team Lead Software Engineer - RDi
> Fortra.com
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WDSCI-L <wdsci-l-bounces-+hD5IHI5Xscn3HwCXmMcX9BPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org> On Behalf Of Marco
> Facchinetti
> Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2026 7:28 PM
> To: Rational Developer for IBM i <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDi 9.9 still generates RCL_API_Log_Sample files :(
>
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>
>
> What make me worried is that we are seeing a ton of this problems:
>
> java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke
> "com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.SubfieldPositionCalculator.getAlignedPosition(int)"
> because "this._positionCalculator" is null at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.DataStructure.getLength(DataStructure.java:1232)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.DataStructDataFormat.getLength(DataStructDataFormat.java:63)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.FieldDataFormat.getFreeRpgKeyword(FieldDataFormat.java:1518)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ui.RpgAstLabels.getDataTypeLabel(RpgAstLabels.java:1327)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ui.RpgAstLabels.getFieldTypeLabel(RpgAstLabels.java:1310)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ui.RpgAstLabels.getFieldLabelSuffix(RpgAstLabels.java:1291)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ui.RpgAstLabels.getFieldLabel(RpgAstLabels.java:1247)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ui.RpgAstLabels.getFieldLabel(RpgAstLabels.java:1232)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ui.RpgAstLabels.getFieldLabel(RpgAstLabels.java:1147)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ui.RPGTreeModelBuilder$RPGModelVisitor.createSubfieldItems(RPGTreeModelBuilder.java:788)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ui.RPGTreeModelBuilder$RPGModelVisitor.createSubfieldItems(RPGTreeModelBuilder.java:744)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ui.RPGTreeModelBuilder$RPGModelVisitor.visit(RPGTreeModelBuilder.java:498)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.util.RpgEnterVisitor.caseDataScope(RpgEnterVisitor.java:109)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.util.RpgEnterVisitor.caseDataScope(RpgEnterVisitor.java:1)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.util.RpgleSwitch.doSwitch(RpgleSwitch.java:529)
> at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.Switch.doSwitch(Switch.java:53)
> at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.Switch.doSwitch(Switch.java:69)
> at com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ASTNode.enter(ASTNode.java:247)
> at com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ASTNode.accept(ASTNode.java:241)
> at com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ASTNode.enter(ASTNode.java:254)
> at com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ASTNode.accept(ASTNode.java:241)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ui.RPGTreeModelBuilder.visitTree(RPGTreeModelBuilder.java:127)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.rpgle.ui.RPGTreeModelBuilder.buildTree(RPGTreeModelBuilder.java:140)
> at
>
> com.ibm.etools.iseries.edit.views.ISeriesEditorRPGLEOutlinePage$4.run(ISeriesEditorRPGLEOutlinePage.java:955)
> at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PendingSyncExec.run(PendingSyncExec.java:68)
> at
>
> org.eclipse.ui.internal.UILockListener.doPendingWork(UILockListener.java:166)
> at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:40)
> at
>
> org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:132)
> at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:4047)
> at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3663)
> at
>
> org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$5.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1151)
> at
>
> org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:339)
> at
>
> org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1042)
> at
>
> org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:152)
> at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:639)
> at
>
> org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:339)
> at
> org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:546)
> at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:173)
> at
>
> org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:152)
> at
>
> org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:208)
> at
>
> org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:143)
> at
>
> org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:109)
> at
>
> org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:439)
> at
>
> org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:271)
> at
>
> java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
> at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:586)
> at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:651)
> at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:588)
> at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1459)
>
> Best regards
> --
> Marco Facchinetti
>
> Mr S.r.l.
>
> Tel. 035 962885
> Cel. 393 9620498
>
> Skype: facchinettimarco
>
>
> Il giorno mar 3 feb 2026 alle ore 21:16 David Gibbs via WDSCI-L <
> [email protected]> ha scritto:
>
> > Looks like RDi 9.9 is still generating the RCL_API_Log_Sample xml files.
> >
> > The latest file is locked by the process so it can't be deleted
> > without shutting RDi down.
> >
> > david
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