Re: SEU and V7R1.

[Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am fully in favor of going to RDI. I used WDSC before they forced me to
stop using it because they turned off syntax checking on V6R1 RPG features
and the company would not buy RDI.

Both companies have flat out refused to purchase it so what is a developer
to do? Buy it on our own?


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Kevin Wright <Kevin.Wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi Alan,
>
> You can:
> 1) Raise a service request or PMR (attempt to treat the situation as a
> defect)
> OR
> 2) Raise a DCR (attempt to treat the situation as an enhancement)
> OR
> 3) Raise a Common issue (attempt to treat it as a common issue)
> OR
> 4) Lobby the LUG to treat it as an important issue with IBM (attempt to
> get the big end of town to treat it as an issue)
> OR
> 5) Accept that IBM's strategic direction is to leave SEU as is at V6R1
> with respect to syntax checking and get IBM i developers to move to a
> real IDE and TANSTAAFL (attempt to get with the times?).
>
> Your move.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kevin Wright
> Developer, LPC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Campin
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 June 2013 8:49 AM
> To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
> Subject: SEU and V7R1.
>
> I can't believe this has not come up before. Maybe I am blind.
>
> Looking at the articles on the new V7R1 features that Kurt sent out I
> see this gem!
>
> Here's what's really interesting: SEU's syntax checking has been frozen
> at the 6.1 level! That means that SEU will not recognize any of the 7.1
> enhancements and will detect these new features as errors.
>
> This is a disaster!
>
> Both my current company and the previous company have refused to buy the
> RDI tools and at $1,660 bucks I am not too surprised! Unless you work in
> a shop where they will spend the $1700 bucks per developer plus
> maintenance you are effectively locked out of using V7R1 features unless
> we turn off syntax checking. A big reduction in productivity.
>
> Anybody know of any efforts to get checking turned back on in V7R1?
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