Re: Getting started with Code/400

I have tried two or three times to use Code/400.  We have it, I can install 
it, and
it does appear to function - but the documentation is so poor that I can't 
actually
USE the product.  No printed manuals, vague and strange html help files that
look as though they were written by different teams that were forbidden to 
speak
to each other, and the overall function of the Integrated Development 
Environment
seems to have been designed people that had used the popular ones (M$, 
Borland)
and wanted to make sure that they could not be sued for look and feel 
infringement
so NOTHING works like anyone who uses Windoze would expect.  More OS/2ish.
I am not saying that it is a bad design paradigm - it might even be a 
superior one.
I can't tell because I can't use the product.  Every couple of years I take a 
week
off, install everything, patch and PTF everything, run the tutorial, and then 
try to
use Code/400 in production.  Then I have to put it all away and do real work.
It is very frustrating because, generally speaking, I am not an idiot.  I 
have lots
of experience in lots of platforms and in understanding all kinds of technical
stuff and I really, really want Code/400 to work so I can get off of SEU.
Please, somebody at IBM write a manual!
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