Re: Fw: WSDc 5.0

[Jim Essinger <esinger@xxxxxxxx>]

Phil, please see comments in line.  Thanks, Jim


At 01:21 PM 3/26/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> Jim, regarding your requests:
>   #1. Drill down. We do today in 4.0 support expanding any library to
>          see all the objects, and expanding any source file to see all the
>          members, just like option 12 in PDM.  So I assume what you are
>          asking for is slightly different, and I think you are asking for
> the
>          ability to filter each expansion, instead of showing all the
> children,
>          and you'd like to be able to specify this filter information for
>          each level (lib, obj and mbr) in the filter itself.   Is this
> correct?

A big YES!! To be able to graphically see which member is in which file or 
which object is in what library would help.


>          If yes, then we do not support this, but its an interesting idea.
>          However, what is new in V5 that might help a bit is an
>          "Expand To" action in the popup menu for a library, allowing
>          you to expand that library by a specific object type. I've
>          tried to include a screen shot here, but it might not survive
>          the posting.

The picture got stripped out as I expected.  I saw a little at COMMON, and 
seem to remember something Violaine showed me.

> (Embedded image moved to file: pic15895.pcx)
>
>
>    #2. Be able to drag an object/member from one place to another,
>          as a copy operation. This we are delivering in 5.0! And beyond
>          your expectations perhaps ... source files and members can
>          actually be copied between systems, and even to/from local or
>          Unix or Windows or Linux systems.

Thank you!!!


>    #3. Something about right clicking for delete being good and bad.
>          Not quite sure if there is a request here or not.

Not a request, just a comment that it could be misused (as anything else) 
by an unconscious/unaware programmer.  Maybe a way to control the delete 
function?

> Hope this helps!


Yes it does, and I repeat what I said at sound off in Nashville - You guys 
rock with your support here and on the web! Thanks for listening to us and 
for all the help you give.


> Phil Coulthard, iSeries Software Architect,  IBM Canada Ltd.
> coulthar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx