Re: Install of SP002 for V4R4 -- CODE400-L

Greetings!

Thank you all for your replies.  They have been comforting, if not very 
helpful.

I did spread some misinformation.  I have V3R2M3 on my PC, and not V3R2M2 
as I stated in my OPEN LETTER to IBM.   I received the load cd from IBM 
just prior to Fall's Common meeting in Baltimore.  We have V4R4 on our 720 
AS/400, and have not moved to V4R5 yet.  I was under the impression that 
the client version of V4R5 could not be put on the PC until the AS/400 had 
been updated as well.  I am also trying to code in COBOL (the better 
choice!) and not RPG, soooo ......

On my pc I am a power user and an administrator.  I should have enough 
windows authority to install any program.

All that aside, I have still downloaded what I believe to be the correct 
service pack (002) from the web and am not able to install it.   I have not 
been back to the web site to confirm this, but ...

Bugs I have found, (and some have been responded to in other places);

      Auto indent for CL.  You can specify to use automatic indenting, but 
there is no way to set it up.  You can set it up in COBOL.

      Nice help - Highlight line.  Thanks IBM, it helps me stay on 
track.  Problems:  It ALWAYS jumps back to the beginning of the line when 
there is a blank line (used in COBOL for readability), or to the end of the 
line if it is a short line.  It should stay in the same column all the way 
down the page.  Also when the highlight line is turned on, the auto indent 
functions do not work at all.

      I have a display capable of 1600x1200 resolution.  I can't use this 
resolution because Code400 (along with some other windows programs) does 
not use the system font setting for SOME of their prompt windows.  For 
example, when I ask to compile the program, and prompt, (or open a new 
file, or ...) I get VERY small type which is only viewable if you use a 
microscope.  Why does it not use the system font default???

      I also have a problem with the prompts that DO follow the system font 
settings.  They seem to be cut off at the bottom and right sides.  The 
prompt on the compile for debug options (source, list, all) it is off the 
screen, and unless I stretch the window to the right I don't even see it.

      Code Project does not seem to prompt before executing a remote 
command, even when asked to do so. (CpySrcMbr is one I can think of currently)

      Code designer does not work with logical file specs???  What's up 
with that?  Is the logical spec so different than the physical spec?

      Help system (documentation) is not searchable.  I don't have an all 
the time connection the the internet, and could use to have the searchable 
documentation/help on my PC.  Even if i could download it from the web it 
would be helpful.

I'm sure there are others that I have not remembered.  I know that I am new 
to these tools, and am still learning.  That adds to the frustration of not 
being able to use the full function of the Code/400 Toolset.

I am on hourly support, and don't like to have to pay several hundred 
dollars to help IBM pay for their bug fixes.  I don't mind spending the 
money if it's a "How to" question such as setup or usage.  When it is 
clearly a bug, and does not work as advertised (or expected) it should not 
be charged to the customer.  We are going through that with support for the 
Personal Communications group because the SNA ASYNC dialup does not work 
with Win 2000 Pro. (We must be the last company in the country to use this 
type off connection!!)


At 07:58 AM 2/14/2001 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi Jim,
>
>First of all, the V3R2M2 release is almost 2 years old and was never
>tested/intended for Windows 2000.  As a matter of fact we have had 2
>releases since V3R2M2.  V3R2M3 and our most current release V4R5M1;  both
>of which are no-cost upgrades.  I strongly recommend that you upgrade to
>our most current release (V4R5M1) as it provides many fixes and new
>function compared to the release you are attempting to use.
>
>I agree that you should not need an act of congress as here in Canada,
>where we develop CODE/400, we don't have one :-)
>
>Violaine Batthish
>CODE/400 Project Lead
>batthish@ca.ibm.com          IBMCA(BATTHISH)
>
>CODE/400 page:  http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/varpg
>CODE/400 Support : http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/varpg/support
>
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>Jim,
>
>
>Is this true ... you are trying to apply a 2001 service pack to a product
>from 1999? If so, that
>indeed is your problem.
>
>
>Or is the install software incorrectly reporting your current release of
>CODE?
>
>
>Phil Coulthard, AS/400 AD,  IBM Canada Ltd. coulthar@ca.ibm.com.
>416-448-4076
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>Jim,
>I would be very surprised if you actually have SP002 for the V3R2M2 release.
>Chances are you have SP002 for V3R2M3 (or maybe V4R5 - is there an SP002 for
>that yet?), which of course can't be installed on V3R2M2. In any event,
>V3R2M2 is ancient, and I don't think the service packs for it are on the net
>anymore. I also don't think it's supported on Win 2000.
>Dave Shaw
>Spartan International, Inc.
>Spartanburg, SC
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>Jim Essinger <esinger@fmtc.com>@midrange.com on 02/13/2001 02:11:40 PM
>
>Please respond to CODE400-L@midrange.com
>
>Sent by:  owner-code400-l@midrange.com
>
>
>To:   CODE400-L@midrange.com
>cc:
>Subject:  Install of SP002 for V4R4
>
>
>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
>
><Snip>
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