Re: CPO work properly on Win2K? -- CODE400-L

Thanks a lot, Reeve! I've printed your email and it's now become my
Bible....well, actually my Techie Bible.  I did check caching when creating the
CPO. I'm going to try that first.

Thanks again!

Chris

Reeve Fritchman wrote:

> Chris, you have one of your key terms wrong: it's "dain bramage".  Me?
> CODE/400 triggers manic-depressive episodes.  Warning: opinions follow.
>
> 1. CODE/400 offers a great increase in programmer productivity, and I bitch
> because I have to go back to SEU too often.
> 2. CODE/400 is a complex product supported by both Rochester and Toronto.
> Do you think we have a problem here?
> 3. CPO: you may have to uncheck "Cache" to get things working the first time
> after you set up a project.  Once you have a list built, you can cache it
> and refresh from the cache'd list.  But if there's nothing in the list, you
> can't refresh.  I think this is not working right.
> 4. 2.5 SP's for CODE/400 V5R1.  SP3 was released but is defective, so use
> SP2 and don't complain.  We're all waiting for a corrected SP3, due any day
> now.
> 5. Make sure your bad-end, oops (Freudian or not?), back-end PTF's are on
> your iBox.
> 6. "OS400A" is some kind of funky internal default host server name; some
> internal table must get corrupted and this is what shows up.  When it pops
> up in the application, I go into the Comm console and click on the real
> server.  That refreshes something somewhere and things work.
> 7. I've used CODE/400 on a LAN, on a WAN, and on a dial-up.  LAN generally
> works very well (as in "nearly flawless").  WAN (cable modem) and dial-up
> suck: unstable, frequent lockups, frequent lost connections, constant
> aggravation; there is a fix in SP3.
> 8. When all else fails: (1) go to your tasks window and kill all the EVF
> jobs.  (2) C:\WDT400\CODEEDIT /CM EXIT (parms must be upper-case).  (3) Go
> back into your communications console and click on the server, then OK.  (4)
> WRKOBJLCK {file} *FILE {member_name} to release any object locks.  (5) In
> CODE/400, go to Options|Autosave, set to 1 minute/5 changes, check "Accept
> settings".  (7) Save you work frequently to the iBox.
> 9. I believe the Toronto software labs (these folks aren't a direct part of
> the iSeries team) are committed to the product and do the best they can with
> the resources they're allocated; I believe the rest of the Midrange Server
> Group could shive a git about this product and what is means to application
> developers (the people who put the System/38 and AS/400 on the map).  As
> long as LPAR and Linux are making waves, the iSeries marketing team has done
> its job.
>
> HTH,
> RF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: code400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:code400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Chris Proctor
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:39 AM
> To: Code/400 Listserv
> Subject: CPO work properly on Win2K?
>
> Hi all!
>
> I am really starting to experience some really wierd things with
> WebSphere Dev Tools V5R1. Here's a couple of problems:
>
> 1. I add a server via the comm console called DEV. Then I add a CPO,
> using that server and it doesn't find any objects in that AS/400
> library. So, I thought, "Ok, maybe I have to end the daemon and restart
> the communications. I EVEN went so far as to reboot my machine.  When I
> went back into that CPO, and tried to add a member filter the DEV server
> was not an option, it was changed (in the comm console to
> OS400A!!!!!!!!Auuuuggggghhhhhh!!!!). So, I tried adding the filter
> anyway and NO members were found!!
> 2. So, I went into an existing CPO and pulled it up. I clicked on a
> member filter that already exists and it displayed the members from
> another source file in the same library. NOT the ones associated with
> the filter!!!
>
> Has anyone else experienced this kind of brain damage? I'm just about
> ready to delete the whole #@$%$ thing from my system! It's very
> frustrating when I can't get any work done using these "helpful" tools!
> It works great (most of the time) on my NT PC at work, just not here at
> home. I just loaded it off the CDs that were sent to me. Are there any
> SPs for V5R1? BTW, the AS/400s are V4R5.
>
> Thanks for ANY assistance!
>
> Chris Proctor
> Gart Sports
> Denver
>
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