Re: Navigator - learning os/400

Thanks, this is an old rant (pre-1999) on my part. I've spoken with various IBMers about it, even some that I believe have some real connection with OpsNav development. It has always seemed an example of the disconnect I saw between what were the really good operational features of the "Work with..." interface and various Windows developers. But, as I said, these developers didn't even follow Microsoft's good concepts. Oy!

Latah!

Vern

At 01:31 PM 1/17/03 -0500, you wrote:

Great comment.  Wasn't there some direct email address for the Navigator
people?

Rob Berendt
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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Agreed, Rob, although I tend to cut-paste a column of 4's when I remove a
bunch of spooled files. But I liked the fact that I can group by USRDTA in

OpsNav, then click-shift-click to pick what I want. This is a lot easier
than WRKSPLF *SELECT then specifying the User Data. Of course, DLTSPF
*SELECT and specifying USRDTA is pretty cool, too.

One problem I see with spooled file handling in OpsNav comes when I want
to
change the attributes of multiple items. In WRKSPLF you put a 2 on the
ones
you want to change, then put the changes on the command line (one time
only), then press ENTER and all get the change. In OpsNav, a separate
window pops up for each spooled file. Even Windows Explorer does this
better - you pick multiple items and right-click, the popup window grays
out items that are not common, so you can make the same change to multiple

files.

Cheers

Vern

At 11:07 AM 1/17/03 -0500, you wrote:
>That about describes how I use it also.  Still not as fast in some areas
>that I would like.  But in the new areas that I haven't had something to
>measure against it runs fast enough.
>
>Being able to blast a bunch of spool files beats the snot out of having
to
>press 4 in front of dozens of screens of spool files.  (My wrist hasn't
>had that much work since I was a teenager.)
>
>Rob Berendt
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