Install of SP002 for V4R4

[Jim Essinger <esinger@xxxxxxxx>]

An open email letter to IBM about their Code/400 product.

Dear IBM;

I am VERY frustrated.  Installing your service pack 2 for Code 400 should 
not take me all day.  I have tried several times to load the service pack 
that I downloaded from the Internet.  I downloaded all three of the large 
files, and ran them.  They put a folder on the C: drive with the name of 
SP002.  Within this folder are three more folders  QADTSWIN, QCODEWIN, and 
QVRPGWIN.  I then run the service pack install program and point to these 
folders.  I get a message that says that it does not know the level of the 
service pack, but that I currently have V3R2M2 loaded.

My system: OS/400 V4R4M0
My PC:  IBM Thinkpad A21p
                256 Meg RAM
                Windows 2000 Pro
                
Current Service pack on Code/400 (V3R2M2) is 000

What do I have to do to get the fixes loaded???  I don't think it should 
take an act of Congress, just have the install parts work right.  Is there 
something missing from the service pack executable programs on the web 
support page?  The instructions for installing STINK!!

Besides the fact that Code/400 editor, designer and project manager are 
riddled with bugs, and inconsistencies, it does not even follow most 
windows GUI defaults, making it hard to work in.   If you are going to 
offer a windows product, please make it look and feel like windows.

As you can tell, I am a little hot under the collar.  What do I have to do 
to make this work correctly??


Jim Essinger
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Student Loan Fund of Idaho
208-452-4058
esinger@fmtc.com

+---
| This is the CODE/400 Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to CODE400-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to CODE400-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to CODE400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: larry@paque.net
+---