RE: Viewing CL and RPG loops

Craig,

I just want to mention what we have found, and we have both RPG Alive and
Code/400.  RPG Alive is nice and works great for what it does but it cannot
be compared to Code/400.  We have switched to Code/400 and don't miss RPG
Alive at all.  While it would be nice to see the levels while editing it
isn't a big deal to look at the indent view in Code/400 if you need to.
Sure, if they added the functionality to Code/400 it would be great but I
wouldn't put it on top of my priority list.  Regarding point 1 - You state
that RPG Alive increases your productivity, Code/400 increases it a lot
more.  Don't know about point 2 but then we bought Code/400 when it cost
extra.  By the way, it isn't really free it is just that all the development
tools are now bundled together.  And point 3, if the network goes down you
don't lose anything because you are editing locally on your PC all the time
anyway.  If necessary you can save it to your local disk until the network
is available again.  Also, Code/400 has an auto-save feature that
periodically saves your work for you in case you have a problem with your
PC.

Opinions from a very satisfied Code/400 user,

Scott Mildenberger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: craigs@dekko.com [mailto:craigs@dekko.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:21 AM
> To: code400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Viewing CL and RPG loops
>
>
> Is there any talk of adding functionality to CODE/400 for
> viewing CL and
> RPG III loops so we can see levels?  This is very important
> because this
> becomes a major turning point between using CODE/400 and
> buying the full
> version of RPG Alive at www.rpgalive.com.  Rob mentioned RPG
> Alive in his
> discussion of viewing indented /free /endfree.  You can
> download a free
> 30-day trial version at www.rpgalive.com.  RPG Alive
> indicates EXSR, BEGSR,
> ENDSR, GOTO, CALL, comments, indicators, etc with meaningful icons in
> addition to indicating loops with vertical lines and using
> different colors
> for different loop types.  Forgot that MONMSG loop in your
> CL?  RPG Alive
> is already on top of it.  Since RPG Alive is a PC interface
> like CODE/400
> and takes less than a minute to install with about 640K total
> size, why
> can't CODE/400 do this and fit it in its 1GB size?  I suppose
> if you were
> to add that to CODE/400, Profound Logic Software, Inc  would
> probably have
> financial trouble since they charge for RPG Alive.  Maybe IBM
> could buy out
> RPG Alive in addition to adding CODE/400 functionality.  That way if
> someone does work on a different PC (ex: home pc) without
> CODE/400, they
> could still see the loops after installing the tiny RPG Alive piece.
>
> Long-term related questions:
> 1. Will CODE/400 ever have the same functionality that RPG
> Alive has in any
> service pack after 3?  I could see a significant productivity
> advantage for
> RPG Alive.  If we had RPG Alive, I would probably switch to
> it if I want to
> see control statements in CL or RPG III but still use
> CODE/400 for most
> other functions.  I can testify to the unmatched power and features of
> CODE/400 as well as the many different ways of getting
> CODE/400 technical
> support.
> 2. Are there future plans to start charging for CODE/400?  Is
> IBM hoping to
> addict all their customers to CODE/400 by making it free and
> then charge an
> arm and a leg when everyone is happy with it?  I am assuming
> and I am sure
> hoping SEU will never go away.
> 3. Is there any plan to make CODE/400 as secure as SEU to
> where the network
> goes down and you can recover to exactly what you had before?
>
> Thanks,
> Craig Strong
>
>