Re: external *PRTF

["Joe Teff" <joeteff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>In short, RLU is a Really Lousy Utility.  I remember trying to prod
>IBM in the early days to get them to do some very obvious
>enhancements, to no avail.  If you want to see a good 5250-based
>print layout utility, check out RDA (I think BugBusters owns it);
>much MUCH more intuitive than RLU.


If you would show RDA and RLU to an experienced RPG'er, they
would pick RDA as IBM's product because it is so much like SDA.
RLU is so different. RDA also does both O-specs and DDS. If you
know SDA, then you will be able to use RDA right of the box without
any help or slow down. I believe the only reason that external printer
files have not caught on is because we got RLU instead of RDA. I'm
sure many more people would be using Code/400 if it was part of
the ADTS rather than an additional purchase.

Joe Teff

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