RE: Code Compile Options / PDM Opt 17

["Phil" <sublime78ska@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Edmund.

I like CODE - use it all the time.  But I think menu's are better off in
SDA.  Maybe the next version with have a Create Menu wizard?

Phil

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> Edmund.Reinhardt@ca.ibm.com
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 8:38 AM
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> Subject: RE: Code Compile Options / PDM Opt 17
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> You can edit the DDS for menus using CODE Editor or CODE Designer.
> It is a bug that the MNUDDS member types are not listed in the CODE
> Designer open dialog.  But you can type in the name in the open dialog and
> it will load it.
> Alternatively you can open it in the CODE Editor and then go to the File
> menu and select 'Design DDS screens' and this will open the member in CODE
> Designer.
>
> Note that this is not the same level of support that you had with SDA
> option 2.  It allows you to edit the options screen in a nice WYSIWYG way.
>
> It does not let you edit the commands and associate application help or
> recompile the menu object.
> The commands are contained in the MNUCMD member and you can edit that
> using the CODE Editor.
>
> You can run the CRTMNU command in the command shell or on the green screen
> or use STRSDA option 2 (PDM 17) from the green screen to update the menu
> object and test it.
>
> The nicest way to work with this in CODE would be with the project
> organizer.
> You can create a filter for menus that looks like:
>   <hostname>mylib/mysrcf(*) MBRTYPE(MNU*)
> Then you can create an action (Tools->Actions  or just Shift+F4)
>   Click on the AS/400 Members tab
>   Click on the New action button
>     Name the action how you want ('Compile menu') for example
>     The command should be:  CRTMNU MENU(&N) TYPE(*DSPF)
>      (The &N gets replaced with the selected member name)
>     Make sure that 'remote command' is checked.
>     Select the <MENU> type and push the Add>> button
>     Push the Create button
>   Push Ok
>   Now when you right click on either your MNUDDS or MNUCMD you can select
> 'Compile menu' and it will get compiled.
>   By the way you can right click and edit these files in CODE Designer or
> CODE Editor as well.
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> (By .cc to our development team, let's make sure this functionality exists
> in the new IDE)
>
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>
> Edmund Reinhardt,  AS/400 AD Tools,   reinhard@ca.ibm.com
> Dept 607,   IBM Canada Lab  TL 969-4392  Phone 905-413-4392
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> "Phil" <sublime78ska@attbi.com>
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> 21/05/2002 03:35 PM
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> I've never edited a menu in Code before so I tried it.  Doesn't look like
> you can do it except by editing it with the Code Editor.
>
> Anyone else know if menus are supported in CODE?
>
> Phil
>
>
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: code400-l-admin@midrange.com
> > [mailto:code400-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Cyndi Bradberry
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 9:34 AM
> > To: CODE400-L (E-mail)
> > Subject: Code Compile Options / PDM Opt 17
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > All our menus are created using PDM Option 17. The source is in
> QMENUSRC.
> >
> >
> > Member        Type             Text
> >
> > MENU          MNUDDS           Test Menu
> > MENUQQ        MNUCMD           Test Menu
> >
> >
> > After editing, we accept the compile defaults and it creates
> > three objects:
> > *MSGF, *FILE, *MENU. The *File and *Menu have an attribute of DSPF.
> >
> > Ok, here is my question:  How do I edit and compile these from Code ?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Cyndi B.
> > Boise, ID
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