Doug;
I agree whole heartedly with your first paragraph, the right tool for the job.
I have never come across the problem you describe, and actually have very few issues with RDI over the last year +. I have found that when RDI, or WDSC for that matter, start acting up I shut it down and start it with -clean ("C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP\eclipse.exe" -product com.ibm.etools.iseries.rdi.welcome.ide -clean) It takes 5-10 min to start up but the quirks are gone.
Generally we have to bounce our PCs twice a month (or more) for MS patches etc so I start RDI with -clean after the bounce and almost never have to restart with -clean again.
If at all possible report the problem to IBM, it won't get fixed if they don't know about it.
Duane Christen
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From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edwards, Douglas
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 7:04 AM
To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Prefix commands don't always work
Responses to a few of your responses (thanks everyone)...
Concerning doing an update, RDi is up to date.
Concerning weaning myself off of SEU, I haven't used SEU in years, other than to do a quick browse session. I use the SEU prefix commands, along with Windows/LPEX keyboard shortcuts and the mouse as I see fit. I see no good reason to stop using something that works because something new has come along to replace it. There are times when a prefix command is a better tool for me, and other times that I use the LPEX specific commands. Kind of like a house painter that still uses a paint brush rather than exclusively using a paint sprayer; there are times when the paint brush is the better tool.
I'm hoping someone can come up with a reason this is happening, and a fix. I'd like to start using RDi, but right now I can't go to management and ask for the extra funds for a license, when WDSC is still working fine, but RDi is so buggy I can't use it.
Doug
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