Re: RNF0257

Yes - the source of the problem is, that the JRE in 9.9 is newer, and the JRE now uses UTF-8 as default. The version in 9.8 still used windows code page 1252. 

With the RDi.ini option the JRE in 9.9 is forced to use CP 1252 - but this results in that strange "shifting".

I would create a small tool, that does the change (replace everything < EBCDIC 0x40 with 0x40) on the server side. This should run only seconds for a whole SRC-PF. 

HTH
Daniel


> Am 20.02.2026 um 14:16 schrieb Peter Colpaert <[email protected]>:
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> strangely enough the characters are not shifted in 9.8, but they are in 9.9.
> 
> And I agree that they should be removed. I tried creating an RDi plugin
> that would do that (asking Gemini for help) but it didn't work.
> 
> According to Gemini this is because the editor is in ASCII whereas the
> sources are in EBCDIC.
> 
> For the time being I'll just rely on the work-around.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Peter
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> Peter Colpaert
> 
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> 
> Op vr 20 feb 2026 om 12:30 schreef Daniel Gross <[email protected]>:
> 
>> This shift only looks like that - in fact LPEX tries to display those
>> undisplayable chars, and fails.
>> 
>> If you press backspace once - it should be only one step.
>> 
>> Best practice is, to remove those color codes completely, as neither RDi
>> nor VS Code can display it.
>> 
>> HTH
>> Daniel
>> 
>> 
>>> Am 20.02.2026 um 12:20 schrieb Peter Colpaert <[email protected]
>>> :
>>> 
>>> Hi Daniel,
>>> 
>>> the workaround suggested in the defect indeed solves the RNF0257 errors.
>>> 
>>> I do notice that the comment-lines-with-codes are still shifted one
>>> character to the left: the * is in column 6 instead of 7. Strangely
>> enough
>>> this doesn't trigger a syntax error, whereas it does if I manually put a
>> *
>>> in column 6.
>>> 
>>> But for the time being my issue seems to be gone.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the help!
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> Peter
>>> --
>>> 
>>> Peter Colpaert
>>> 
>>> [email protected]
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Op vr 20 feb 2026 om 08:13 schreef Daniel Gross <[email protected]>:
>>> 
>>>> There is an unresolved issue with the parser:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/defect/aCIgJ0000009zib/dt461825?language=en_US
>>>> 
>>>> Also affects sources with national language characters.
>>>> 
>>>> HTH
>>>> Daniel
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Am 20.02.2026 um 07:47 schrieb Peter Colpaert <
>> [email protected]
>>>>> :
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I switched to RDi 9.9 a few days after it came out, and I've noticed
>> some
>>>>> strange difference with 9.8.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Our RPGLE sources contain lots of coloured comments (using low hex
>>>>> characters) and since upgrading to version 9.9 these are flagged with
>> the
>>>>> errors above when validating or even when editing source. Automatic
>>>> syntax
>>>>> checking is on.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Also the lines where such colour codes are present, are shifted one
>>>>> character to the left, which I think is causing the errors.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Compilation does work so it's clearly a parser and/or verifier problem.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The exact same source will validate just fine in 9.8.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I compared the configurations for both versions of RDi but can't find
>> any
>>>>> difference. FWIW I copied my 9.8 workspace for use in 9.9.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any clue as to what I can do about this?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Peter
>>>>> --
>>>>> 
>>>>> Peter Colpaert
>>>>> 
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