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Freeware: Full version of Formpli, PL/I-reformatter for Windows. (Improvement
compared to the trial version that was offered before: It
reformats an unlimited number of lines of code.)
Easy to use: Formpli is ready for your test. Input is
the sample source code 'input.pli': Just double-click the
MS-Dos application named Go. That's it, as easy as it
can be. No 'setup' necessary. The Output you find in output.pli. To
point out the difference between input and output, I created the input
as jumbled as it’s normally not found. Normal input, ‘normal jumbled’
code you find - ready for an additional test - in input2.pli.
Your own input: For to run your own input just replace
'input.pli' in the go.bat by the path to your file. Make sure your source
code is syntax error free and you have a backup-copy of it.
Additional Hints:
1.
For best appearance of the
input/output source code use a monospace font like Courier with your
editor.
2.
Replace the old source code only after you tested the program using
the 'new' code and get the same results as by the old program.
Col. 1 ASA characters Cols. 2 to 72 code and comments Cols. 73 to 80 sequence numbers
or blank
Background: This program I developed and improved in big mainframe environments for many years, accompanying my maintenance duties. I created it on my own initiative, and in my spare time. It was used, to comfort the analysis of "different style mixtures" in the code, left by numerous programmers, that had to implement changes, and did it with their individual styles.
Formpli maybe useful when someone is not
familiar with the code but got to maintain it. If he knows the logic
of the code - no matter how ugly it is - and he does not have an aesthetic
approach to it, then he may not touch the code at all. I hope this product finds the interest of
PL/I programmers who like to document the structure and tidiness of
their programs by an "aesthetic code picture".
Greetings from Germany Peter Ostermann
Oldenburg, Germany, September 25, 2003
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