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Man! You have been "in the business" nearly as long as I have. They SHOULD HAVE improved subfiles over the years. But you know how that goes. >From: Jim Langston <jimlangston@conexfreight.com> >Reply-To: RPG400-L@midrange.com >To: RPG400-L@midrange.com >Subject: Re: Simple Subfile question >Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 13:23:57 -0700 > >1. I have created subfiles in the past. And they weren't as difficult as >this > one is. Nor should they be. >2. I never said you don't need knowledge and experience. I've been >programming > since I was 10 years old (literally) and am now 37 years old. I've been > programming professionally since I was 24 or so, about 13 years >professional > experience in many different languages on a few platforms. Do I expect > a middle school to be able to program the things I do? No. >3. What is my 13 years professional experience, and my 14 years unpaid >experience, > chopped liver? >4. Yes. So why didn't they improve subfiles before giving it to us? Or >improving > them over the years? > >Regards, > >Jim Langston > >Rick Childers wrote: > > > > Maybe they are design flaws and I have just gotten used to them. But it >is > > obvious that the mistakes that you were making, come from inexperience >with > > AS400 subfiles. > > You said "Well, why should I need that much experience to do subfiles >to > > be able to do one?" > > 1. It doesn't take a programmer THAT MUCH experience to be able to >create a > > subfile. (Unless your a hamburger shy of a Happy Meal) But the more > > experience you have with anything, the more tricks/tips you learn, and >the > > better, more efficient you will be at it. I didn't have to consult a >manual > > to know what you were doing wrong with your code. Why? Because I made >the > > same mistakes with my first as400 subfile program. By making those >mistakes > > I learned the proper way to create a subfile. > > 2. If you don't need knowledge or experience to program then any Middle > > School kid that knows what a mouse is could take your job. Or maybe even > > upper management writing their own programs. Personnaly I think we are >all > > better off keeping mgmt using spreadsheets & the programs that WE >create. > > 3. You have to pay your dues. > > 4. Anything worth while is worth waiting for. > > > > But hey, that's just an AS400 programmer's opinion. > > > > >From: Jim Langston <jimlangston@conexfreight.com> > > >Reply-To: RPG400-L@midrange.com > > >To: RPG400-L@midrange.com > > >Subject: Re: Simple Subfile question > > >Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 09:58:56 -0700 > > > > > >Well, why should I need that much experience to do subfiles to be able >to > > >do one? I understand that's the way they are, but why? I don't have > > >this type of trouble with subfile type programs in windows. In any > > >language, > > >C++, VB, Delphi. > > > > > >I consider it a design flaw. > > > > > >Regards, > > > > > >Jim Langston > > > > > >Rick Childers wrote: > > > > > > > > You just need a little more experience with subfiles. After a >while, > > >when > > > > you have a subfile problem, you will know exactly how to fix it >without > > >even > > > > giving it much thought. Then you will be cruisin'. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Rick Childers > > >+--- > > >| This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! > > >| To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. > > >| To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. > > >| To unsubscribe from this list send email to >RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > > >| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > > >david@midrange.com > > >+--- > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > +--- > > | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! > > | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. > > | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. > > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to >RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: >david@midrange.com > > +--- >+--- >| This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! >| To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. >| To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. >| To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. >| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: >david@midrange.com >+--- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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