Re: open and fill a new ACS window/session from an already open ACS session -- RPG400-L

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A scroll bar is one word. One. Equating that to rewriting an entire application makes no business sense. Of course if you have 25-year old subfiles then there's more to it.

As to the DOS comment... That's a false equivalency. Today's hardware isn't DOS hardware, and neither should the software be.

But yes, I use Notepad ++ pretty regularly. Why do I use Notepad ++ instead of Notepad? Enhanced features, plain and simple.

By the way... David may be offended about text-based remarks. After all, these midrange lists are entirely text-based, right?

On 3/8/2020 9:33 PM, Evan Harris wrote:

If you improve the 5250 interface by adding scroll bars rather than
converting it to a modern interface then you are just doing the user and
the platform a disservice.

You are just providing more scaffolding and excuses not to move to a modern
interface and making the platform look old and outdated into the bargain.

Would you write a program for any kind of actual widespread business use
that ran in DOS on a Windows PC ?

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