RE: LDA View (was Re: View the LDA)

John Carr,

That INI-like are what PDM uses to keep track of your defaults. It's sort of 
"keyed" by user profile. The problem is, that it is so old, the original author 
can't even figure out how to bring it up to an API-level with "too much work". 
It's one of those "what's in it for IBM" attitudes. So we're not going to get 
it any time soon. 

But what's to keep people from using a standard third-party tool, like the one 
I wrote (bud don't sell) that provides INI-file like access for application 
defaults? I know it would be nice to get IBM's defaults for PDM and other 
things, but can we get at your application's defaults? Probably with custom 
code.

I have several, solid commands, call interfaces, and ILE procedures that 
provide access to an INI-like file. They are where I store all my application 
defaults. 

Right now, for simplicity, I use a keyed database file to store the 
information. That way people can access and modify the data with DFU if they 
want. There are also commands that provide direct access to specific entries.

There would be little work involved in moving this system to a user-index 
storage media. But then you'd look multi-member support (if that's important to 
you).

My point is, that if we all start using something, and then keep asking IBM to 
use the same thing, perhaps, worse case, they'll provide a way to copy the IBM 
internal defaults to this kind of INI-like file, or best case, they provide use 
with their implementation of INI-like files, and we have to switch or use two 
kinds.

Just my two cents.

Bob Cozzi



> 
> Frankly, I'd rather have a API into the interact user profile index.
> It's the index space that keeps track of which OV/400 document you were in
> last...which SEU member, etc.  THERE IS NO SECURITY INFO HERE...and I only
> want READ access (although there are many greater minds than mine that
> would like write/update) ...but alas, it's a undocumented space and we get
> called low life's for even thinking of it....   
> 

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