Websphere Development Studio for iSeries Technical Discussion Mailing List

Re: SWMA renewals

David Wright — 2012-02-03T18:53:51-06:00

And to be a bit more specific, I discuss the SWMA (especially the "reinstatement" fee) in detail in the second half of that article: http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/developer/general/rational_procurement2/ Joe -- This is the Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries (WDSCI-L) mailing list To post a message email: WDSCI-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/wdsci-l or email: WDSCI-...

Re: SWMA renewals

Joe Pluta — 2012-02-03T16:55:27-06:00

Re: Creating a Web Service in RDP

Mike Hockings — 2012-02-03T14:55:18-06:00

Yes there is a limitation on the number of parms. That is really the only parm restriction that I can think of at the moment. What I would suggest is making a small program that you can pass a structure with all the parms and it can unbundle the individual parms and call the "real" program if you need to pass more than the max number of parms. Mike Mike Hockings, P.Eng. IBM Rational Developer for System z and Power Technical Support IBM Canada Ltd. Laboratory hockings@xxxxxxxxxx voice 1-905-413-3199 T/L 313...

Creating a Web Service in RDP

Russell Kalchbrenner — 2012-02-03T12:58:06-06:00

Is anyone aware of parameter limitations when creating a web service through RDP 7.6 using the Web Service Type: IBM I Web Service Program? We are receiving a message that the Program cannot have more than 35 parameters. Russell Kalchbrenner IT Manager Financial Management Services, Inc. Phone: 630-353-0312 x113 Fax: 630-353-0030 Web: www.fmsi-contractorscredit.com

Re: RPGIV to RPG-FREE conversion

Vern Hamberg — 2012-02-03T10:34:40-06:00

Re: RPGIV to RPG-FREE conversion

Jon Paris — 2012-02-03T08:45:57-06:00

Yea - I've been nagging Linoma for years to add some of their tooling as plug-ins to RDP. One possibility, although I haven't checked how many of your issues it deals with, is Craig Rutledge's tool set which you can find here: http://www.jcrcmds.com/jcr5free.html Jon Paris www.partner400.com www.SystemiDeveloper.com

SWMA renewals

Edmund Reinhardt — 2012-02-03T07:57:55-06:00

Please be warned that if your business partner ordered RDp with your hardware (eConfig) rather than through Passport Advantage, then the SWMA renewal is not automatic. Please read Joe Pluta's article http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/developer/general/rational_procurement1/ for the background details. I strongly advise you to be proactive in checking this out with your business partner in order to avoid nasty surprises. I am not happy with this process but it is beyond our power to fix. Regards, Edmund (E....

Re: RPGIV to RPG-FREE conversion

Dave Shaw — 2012-02-03T06:55:45-06:00

Have you looked at Craig Rutledge's /free (lol) tool? Works pretty well, and the price is right. It can be set up easily as a user action in RDp (or PDM or what have you). Craig's a former colleague of mine here at Mohawk, where his tool's been tested against several million lines of rather ugly code. Tell Craig I should get a commission. ;-) Dave Shaw Mohawk Industries ----- Original Message ---- From: Paul Bailey <PaulBailey@xxxxxxxxxx> To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Clien...

Re: RPGIV to RPG-FREE conversion

Paul Bailey — 2012-02-03T06:26:17-06:00

Thanks Joe. I knew about that one, but I don't see it as good value for money when most of the RPG-Toolbox functionality is redundant because it is already available in RDP in one form or another. The RPG Wizard in the toolbox goes those extra few steps in converting to /FREE, but at that price I would at least want integration with RDP and maybe some RDP enhancements too (such as like those in the Softlanding plugin and the Midrange.com plugin). -Paul. -----Original Message----- From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxx...

Re: RPGIV to RPG-FREE conversion

Joe Pluta — 2012-02-03T05:56:35-06:00

Linoma's tool works very well. http://www.linomasoftware.com Joe

RPGIV to RPG-FREE conversion

Paul Bailey — 2012-02-03T05:01:39-06:00

Hi, I am currently converting a lot of source to the /FREE version of RPG using the RDP (v8031) built-in converter, but I am having to do a lot of easily repeatable find-replaces as well. The built-in converter doesn't handle MOVE at all, which is sometimes fairly tricky to work out manually as well, but other opcodes like Z-ADD/Z-SUB, XLATE, OCCUR, SUBDT, etc. are all easily convertible to their relevant evals+BIFs with simple regular expressions. Is there a way of extending the built-in converter to handl...

Re: WDSC and RPG Language Version - can I update the language

Kurt Anderson — 2012-02-02T16:04:24-06:00

Been frustrated about this for close to two weeks, and not long before your email I remembered where we ordered it from (b/c they "made" us pay like $50 for a cd or something ridiculous like that). We're in contact with them now to see what's up. Bummer to hear others went through the same thing. -----Original Message----- From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Wright Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:39 PM To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere D...

Re: WDSC and RPG Language Version - can I update the language

Joe Pluta — 2012-02-02T16:03:22-06:00

I'm looking forward to it, Edmund! :)

Re: WDSC and RPG Language Version - can I update the language

David Wright — 2012-02-02T15:57:14-06:00

We are one of the unfortunate shops that were never notified about an expiring SWMA for RDP leaving us stuck at 7.6. Neither IBM nor our BP sent any sort of notice - very frustrating. Of course, our BP says that can get us back on latest RDP for free if we buy a new I :) -----Original Message----- From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edmund Reinhardt Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:35 PM To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Cli...

Re: Debug: RPG: how to dereference a pointer

Xuan Chen — 2012-02-02T15:12:48-06:00

Try double click on the pointer (in the source), right click and choose Monitor Memory (and one of its submenus). Or if you already put this pointer variable in the Monitors view (right click on the pointer in the source view, and choose Monitor Expression), you can right click on it in the Montiors view, and choose to dereference it. Regards, Xuan Chen, Problem Determination Tools for IBM i (905) 413-3769 T/L 313-3769 xuanchen@xxxxxxxxxx Brian Johnson <brian.johnson.mn @gmail.com> To Sent by: WDSCI-List l...

Re: Noted issues with RDP V8.0.3.1

Mike Hockings — 2012-02-02T15:06:25-06:00

Hi Kenneth, For your first issue (1) could I suggest that before opening a PMR you first try with a new workspace without importing preferences, etc? The other issues (3) and (4) to do with automated stepping performance, is as you might expect dependent up on the response times of the IBM i, the network and the local PC. In most cases the IBM i and the network are not likely the bottleneck. So I would tend to look closely at the PC and see what other processes are running. My understanding is that each ste...

Re: WDSC and RPG Language Version - can I update the language

Edmund Reinhardt — 2012-02-02T14:35:29-06:00

Hi Kurt, Sorry, I am not allowed to give timelines either, but you will like it. I found long and hard to improve the SWMA for people ordering with their hardware. We have gotten more information out to customers on product procurement and we appreciate Joe Pluta's help with that. But it is beyond our power and resources to change the process at this time. A calendar reminder will help you all to keep your SWMA current. I just wanted to tell you that it will be worth it. Regards, Edmund (E.H.) Reinhardt CO...

Re: WDSC and RPG Language Version - can I update the language

Kurt Anderson — 2012-02-02T13:55:39-06:00

ILERPG parser is giving me an error on the keyword. compiles fine on the iSeries) - John V -- This is the Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries (WDSCI-L) mailing list To post a message email: WDSCI-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/wdsci-l or email: WDSCI-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/wdsci-l....

Re: Noted issues with RDP V8.0.3.1

Tarr, Kenneth — 2012-02-02T12:32:24-06:00

I'll open a PMR on the first issue. As you were replying to this message, I was actively in a debug session. With the speeds set to 100ms which should be ten lines per second, the stepping was about three lines per second instead. At times I stop the automatic stepping to analyze some data or make some notes, then resume. This I do multiple times during my debug. At one particular time, when I resumed the automatic stepping, it suddenly picked up speed and was clocking at about seven lines per second with t...

Re: Noted issues with RDP V8.0.3.1

Xuan Chen — 2012-02-02T11:39:37-06:00

Hi Ken, For the first problem, I cannot produce it using RDp 8031 driver. Please open a PMR so we can look more into it. Thanks. For the automatic stepping problem, since the speed also depends on your client/server machine speed, and also network connection speed, this interval is just a guide line. Could you please try to set it to a lower interval (like 5 per second) to see if the behaviour will be better? Thanks, Xuan Chen, Problem Determination Tools for IBM i (905) 413-3769 T/L 313-3769 xuanchen@xxxx...