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DXL

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Publish a version of the DXL manual in HTML

Currently, the DXL manual is only available as a PDF file, this makes it harder than it needs to be, to search, reference and access specific sections of the manual. It also presents a considerable hurdle for translating its content for non-native...
11 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / DXL 0 Future consideration

Add the ability to run multiple DXL Service scripts in parallel for functionality that mimics 'server side DXL'.

Unlike most client/server applications, DOORS 9 has most of the logic on the client side, and little to no automation / scripting / maintenance features on the server side. DOORS DXL Services use DOORS Web Access to offer an interface to DOORS via...
6 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / DXL 0 Future consideration

Update the DOORS DXL editor with an IDE and a debugger

Currently the DXL Editor consists of two plain text elements: an input box and an output box. They are poorly suited for either task: entering DXL and displaying DXL output. An editor resembling a basic IDE and a form of debugger to step through s...
6 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / DXL 1 Future consideration

Ship unencrypted DXL with DOORS client, so that users can maintain and expand customisations as standard features and their DXL change between versions / fixpacks

Customisations are a major unique feature of DOORS 9 compared to all other tools in the engineering space. They frequently integrate with standard / shipped features / UI elements, and in recent years these standard elements are being encrypted by...
6 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / DXL 1 Future consideration

Add ifdef and ifndef directives to the DXL interpreter to test for active includes and avoid repeated includes of the same files

the include directive is useful for structuring code and expanding scripts during runtime the absence of ifdef / ifndef makes it impossible to test for and avoid repeated includes of the same code (.inc files) this can create unnecessary and consi...
6 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / DXL 1 Future consideration

Add try/catch perms to DXL to aid in testing for and catching disruptive layout DXL error messages

In some places, DXL can run and throw errors that disrupt a workflow, block the UI or worse. A try/catch mechanism in DXL could allow DXL authors to test for and catch such situations better.
6 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / DXL 1 Future consideration

Add a feature that tracks (and/or controls) DXL scripts database wide during runtime and beyond.

Currently DXL scripts offer powerful customisation options, but since they're entirely run client-side, it is hard to manage them centrally and database wide, especially when they impact performance or stability, or when maintenance tasks require ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / DXL 1 Future consideration

Link Module Attribute with Dialog Box Element

Dear Sirs, every time that I have to create a custom GUI (by means of DXL) to update attributes it is quite painful. Below is report a classical example how I handle the synch between the attribute and the dialog box element: Module mod = current ...
6 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / DXL 0 Future consideration

DOORS DXL reference manual shall document function "fnClearSuspicion"

A DXL function exists that clears suspect links. This function should be documented in DXL reference manual. This is a sample script that will remove suspect links for specific objects. /*begin*/ Object o = current Link l for l in o<-"*" do { s...
about 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / DXL 0 Future consideration

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