RE: PC RPG compiler?

CODE/400's "Verify" function is a ported-to-the-PC version of the diagnostic
phase of the iSeries RPG compiler.  It doesn't precompile; it just makes
sure your source will compile; think of it as very, very smart syntax
checker with a magical link to tables, views, indices, and display files.

You still have to upload your source to the iSeries and compile it there to
get an executable.

Baby/400 doesn't do ILE (it might not do anything more than RPG III); RPG
III and RPG/400 are not the same as ILE RPG.

I've looked at PC emulation; there are so many limitations it's barely worth
it when you have a native iSeries application (if you have AS/36 stuff, I
guess it's okay).  For example: using commitment control saves a staggering
amount of application coding but this operating system function is a dream
in Redmond.  So you have to code recovery yourself in "Baby" mode unless you
believe PC's never crash.


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Vernon Hamberg
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 3:53 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: PC RPG compiler?

There are a couple products that use RPG for Windows apps - ASNA's Visual
RPG, and IBM's own Visual Age for RPG. neither of these create AS/400 apps.

IBM has CODE/400, I think (still?), that lets you edit and do some
precompilation on the PC. The apps go on the 400.

There's also the Baby set of products, from California Software. Have never
used, just have seen them for years. Seem intended to put iSeries apps on
NT.



>I noticed an ad for a company that has a pc-based rpg compiler that also
>supports dds, and I don't know what else. Anyone have any experience with
>them?

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