[WDSCI-L] RE: Problems with DDS source

["Jon Paris" <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 >> You need to have authority to read/write the registry for most of the
old CODE/400 tooling I believe.

We were aware of that issue Mike - although it is only the Hosts file I have
had problems with - WDSc wants to create an R0.. server name when you launch
from within RSE.  If you just run CODE or Designer stand-alone it is not an
issue.

This one was simply perverse.  I suspect that maybe the old CODE parsers for
DDS are being used "under the covers" and that's where the limit comes in.

My complaint is twofold.  First of all if there is a limitation it should be
checked for and handled.  Under no circumstances should opening a source
member cause the entire workbench to crash.  Secondly - any checks should be
made when user loads the product for use.  If WDSc _requires_ to be run by a
Power User it should ***** well check for that when loading!

Mike, I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, I know you guys bust a gut to give us
the maximum features with the resources you have.  Fact is though that we
just wasted hours of our own time and hours of several customer staff
because of this.  Some of those staff were the died in the wool "old school"
programmers that IBM is so keen to convert.  Guess what they thought of the
"new fangled tools"?  The product had been loaded, patched and tested.
Having it suddenly start blowing up in the middle of the class was just not
acceptable.

Jon Paris
Partner400
www.Partner400.com