Re: Adios SDA, DFU, RLU, etc

[VERNON HAMBERG Owner <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brian


As others have mentioned, the announcement does not say these products will no longer work, they will just no longer have any support. 


Some others will no longer be marketed. Again, it seems that if we have one of these on the system, it can still be used, at your own risk. You just won't see it in the list of products available in version-next and ongoing.


This is no official word on my part, just my attempt to understand what is happening.


Cheers
Vern

On Fri, 31 May, 2024 at 11:29 AM, Brian Parkins <goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 

To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

*MENU = *DSPF + *MSGF - so we can continue to maintain/build 
green-screen menus without SDA, even if it's removed. It would be nice 
to have *MENU support within RDi, though. (But  I doubt this will ever 
happen.) Note SEU and PDM are not on the list - now that WOULD cause a 
rumpus <grin>.

(I confess I have a fondness for FCMU and AFPU, simple but very 
effective. Yes - there are better alternatives ....)

Brian

On 31/05/2024 15:16, Jeff Crosby wrote:
> So what do we do with our green screen menus?
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 10:07 AM Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>>
> wrote:
>
> > Discontinuance of Support
> > Effective on 30 April 2025, IBM will discontinue support for selected IBM i
> > functions
> > Among these are:
> > Report Layout Utility (RLU)
> > Screen Design Aid (SDA)
> > File Compare and Merge Utility (FCMU)
> > Advanced Printer Function (APF)
> > Character Generator Utility (CGU)
> > Data File Utility (DFU)