RE: PC RPG compiler?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the clarification on CODE400.

VB, in DAO, DOES have transactions, even BeginTrans, CommitTrans, Rollback
Methods that can be applied even to ODBC in some fashion.

At 05:21 PM 3/6/02 -0500, you wrote:
>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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