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Expand X-Arrays by variable

We would like to be able to expand tables (X-ARRAYS) via a statement: EXPAND ARRAY <#X-ARRAY-VAR> BY <#VAR-INT>
Detlef Ziermann 12 months ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 2 Under Review

Sort of ARRAYs

We would like to be able to sort tables according to a defined field of the table via a simple statement: SORT ARRAY <#X-ARRAY-VAR> BY <#SORT-FIELD>
Detlef Ziermann 12 months ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 0 Under Review

Layout Painter to not remove comments in XML

Layout Painter editor removes comments in the XML. This would help with adding comments in the xml for documentation purposes.
Jeffrey Empaces about 2 years ago in Natural for Ajax / Natural for Ajax (NJX) 0 Future consideration

Add a "labelled data field" Control

presently, when adding a Data Field to a map, it is unlabelled, requiring an extra step to add a Text Constant to the map. A "Labelled Data Field" would bring along the default heading as a text box (maybe with some configurable settings for where...
Douglas Kelly about 1 year ago in NaturalONE / NaturalONE (ONE) 0 Under Review

Encrypt NSC Password to FIPS 140-3 Compliance

The current standard of encrypting the Natural Security password with Electronic Code Book (ECB) encryption to not comply with IRS standards. Enhance Natural Security so that the NSC password is encrypted to meet FIPS 140-3 compliance.
Gary Athaide about 1 year ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural Security (NSC) 0 Under Review

Add the ability to open printer file with flag O_APPEND

Add the ability to open printer file with flag O_APPEND so it can be rotated with logrotate (copytruncate). Last offset is retained by Natural and everything before that offset is marked as NULL and so the file size is maintained.
Thierry Bolle about 2 years ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 0 Under Review

Cobol Occurs depending on records are expanded out instead of using rotated arrays/child tables

When importing and populating tables that are the result of an occurs depending on instead of requiring child tables to be create, expand the ODO out to its maximum size. This will allow the record to be repatriated to its original source without ...
William Anderson about 2 years ago in CONNX 0 Under Review

Secure storage/retrieval of passwords such as EXX passwords

Currently, calling secured EntireX services requires calling RPC-CNTX or USR2071N/USR2702N/USR2074N/etc to pass in a user id and password. There's no provision for providing anything other than a clear text password, so it ends up in clear text in...
Douglas Kelly about 3 years ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 1 Future consideration

Recording testdata for NaturalONE test tool

NaturalONE contains a test tool that allow you to re-run test cases from CSV files. We have a lot of complex subprograms, with many parameters, therefore it would be a big help to "record" calls to subprograms during execution. If you turn on reco...
Guest over 3 years ago in NaturalONE / NaturalONE (ONE) 0 Future consideration

ONE: NATstyle: automatic execution of 'Clear NATstyle Violations'

When a Natural source is modified after a 'Check Code with NATstyle' has been executed the former violation markers are probably not valid any more. The user has to start 'Clear NATstyle Violations' manually to make them disappear. Even if you st...
Guest over 3 years ago in NaturalONE / NaturalONE (ONE) 0 Under development
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