Re: RLU (vs) handcoded prtf DDS

We use Report Designer from Gumbo Software  www.gumbo.com .  The interface is
more like SDA.  You can also convert Internal DDS to a PRTF or edit/update the
internal DDS.

Buck Calabro wrote:

> On Thursday, June 11, 1998 9:09 PM, Tim Truax [SMTP:truax@usaor.net]
> wrote:
> > Well where I work now they have all their PRINTFILES (PRTF's) coded by
> > the standard handcoded DDS entry method.  As far as I am concerned the
> > RLU (Report Layout Utility) is an IBM award winner, I love this
> > utility!!!  Well...something unforseen occurred and I wanted to submit
> > the question to the list and see if you people know anything about it.
> > I used RLU to call up and change interactively one of these handcoded
> > PRTF DDS sources, well it did all sorts of ungodly things to this
> > handcoded PRTF DDS source... Any ideas why this happened?  Also, is
> > there a utility I can run a handcoded PRTF DDS member thru that will
> > allow RLU to be used on it without obliterating it?
>
> Tim,
>   THis happened because human programmers do more complex things than RLU
> knows about, imvho.  I use RLU exactly once: when first setting up a PRTF,
> after that, it's SEU.  Others may have a different opinion - I'm an old
> geezer!
>
> Buck Calabro
> Commsoft, Albany, NY
> mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net
>
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