Re: IBM i 7.6 Development tools

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gad

I will say, get out of SDA and RLU as soon as you can, especially RLU. I 
would have said that 15 years ago.

RDi has both a Screen and a Report Designer. You use your mouse to drag 
a format into a design area, then the same with fields. Then set the 
properties.

I find it helpful to have the Properties view open all the time, then, 
as you click on different areas, their properties are all available 
automatically.

*Regards*

*Vern Hamberg*

IBM Champion 2025 <cid:part1.lsRWWFyI.9wsHSKQp@centurylink.net> CAAC 
(COMMON Americas Advisory Council) IBM Influencer 2023

On 4/14/2025 3:19 AM, Gad Miron wrote:
> Being slow to catch on ,
> I just realized that we will be needing  SDA & RLU for the next several
> years
> So, is there a reasonable replacement (in RDi perhaps) ?
> Or, perhaps postpone 7.6 for some years.
> (Skimming through 7.6 announcements I saw no great loss with postponing
> adoption of it.)
> What have I got wrong?
> What say you?
>
> TIA
> Gad