Re: IBM i 7.6 Development tools

Hi Jeff

Unfortunately, no, we cannot create menus in RDi's Screen Designer, not that I know of. I was referring to the ability to save *sets of test data*, including indicators, in RDi, to show what the screen will look like.

*Regards*

*Vern Hamberg*

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On 4/14/2025 9:39 AM, Jeff Crosby wrote:

Question of ignorance.

The only thing I use STRSDA for is green screen menus. Are you saying this
can be done in RDi? Commands behind the options too?


On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM Vern Hamberg via RPG400-L <
rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

An additional benefit of using screens in RDi - you can save them with
different data sets, including indicators.

*Regards*

*Vern Hamberg*

IBM Champion 2025<cid:part1.wMcOfaz9.aSQLMxjn@centurylink.net> CAAC
(COMMON Americas Advisory Council) IBM Influencer 2023

On 4/14/2025 9:14 AM, Vern Hamberg via RPG400-L wrote:

Hi Brian

I have sometimes used the "preview" function, I usually would enter
STRSDA, prompt it, and take option 3. One can do the same in PDM with
the 17 option, prompt it there.

But I was about to mention to Patrik the ability to create screens in
RDi - it is, IMHO, very similar to STRSDA opt 3, in that you add
record formats in both cases. In the latter, you can enter test data -
I've not found a way to enter multiple rows of a subfile, and you can
only add test data for the final record being written out.

In RDi, we can create - I believe - data for everything, including
rows of a subfile - and the output of these will look very much like
the 5250 screen.

*Regards*

*Vern Hamberg*

IBM Champion 2025<cid:part1.ovqADumi.0c8x420S@centurylink.net> CAAC
(COMMON Americas Advisory Council) IBM Influencer 2023

On 4/14/2025 8:52 AM, Brian Parkins wrote:

I'm afraid I don't quite understand, Patrick. Assuming you're in Work
with Members, PDM option 17). is the same as STRSDA OPTION(1) - ie
Work with Display Records.

The "preview" function would be STRSDA OPTION(3) - i.e. Test Display
Files. Is this what you mean by SPA? (RDi Screen Designer has a
Preview function as well.)

You say RDi is not an option for you. Is this because you don't have
access to it?

We've known for some time that this was going to happen:

https://www.itjungle.com/2024/07/10/ibm-begins-the-purge-of-old-greenscreen-utilities/

Admittedly RDi Screen Designer does not provide support for Menu
design, (STRSDA OPTION(2)) - which is unfortunate.

Brian.

On 14/04/2025 13:17, Patrik Schindler wrote:

Hello Brian,

Am 14.04.2025 um 13:22 schrieb Brian Parkins<goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx

:

For many years the Screen Designer and Report Designer tools within
RDi have been much better options for generating the DDS than SDA
and RLU. (Just my opinion.)

Some people use SDA not for designing screens (which is cumbersome,
IMHO), but as "SPA" (Screen Preview Agent), through PDM option 17.
I'm one of those. RDI is not an option for me.

:wq! PoC

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