RE: Eclipse and RPG

Thanks Mark and Joe, I guess I'll wait for WDSC5.  Will that work with
V5R1 or will I need to upgrade to V5R2?


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> Subject: Re: Eclipse and RPG
> From: "Mark Phippard" <MarkP@softlanding.com>
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:55:31 -0500
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> You cannot use Eclipse, but you can use WDSC which is based
> on Eclipse and is "free" to any iSeries shops on V5R1 or
> higher that have purchased PDM and the compilers.  WDSC adds
> all of the iSeries development plugins to Eclipse.
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> There is also a separate WDSC mailing list.
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> Mark
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> Message: 9
> From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Subject: RE: Eclipse and RPG
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:19:59 -0600
> Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
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> > From: Joel Cochran
> >
> > Does anyone know yet if we can use Eclipse to edit RPG
> source files?
> > I can't seem to find anything on the web about it and the Eclipse
> > website and documentation is archaic at best.
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> > I know this is IBM's baby, but is it a reality yet for us or just
> > Java/C++?
>
> Eclipse as it exists today is not able to edit RPG.  There
> are no publicly available RPG editing plug-ins.  WDSC4 still
> uses CODE/400 to edit RPG and COBOL.  However, WDSC5 is built
> on Eclipse, so when it is available, you will be able to edit
> RPG programs using Eclipse.
>
> Joe