RE: Adios SDA, DFU, RLU, etc

Plus, how long ago did IBM withdraw support for RPG II?! Trust me there are
a) still RPG II programs in use out there, and
b) worse there are still people writing new code in it.

Jerry C. Adams
Broken crayons still colour.
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Oberholtzer
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2024 11:03 AM
To: RPG programming on IBM i
Subject: Re: Adios SDA, DFU, RLU, etc

Keep using them if you wish, just IBM will not provide break/fix services any longer.

Plus I’ll bet that handwriting on the wall says IBM i Next won’t include them and potentially won’t run them. (No real information but watching IBM for 40 years. You get to understand the cadence after a bit)


Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On May 31, 2024, at 9:16 AM, Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So what do we do with our green screen menus?

On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 10:07 AM Rob Berendt <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)


https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/end-marketing-end-support-i-merlin-10-rdi-96-selected-i-functions?region=US
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