Re: Lost My CODE/400

This is all just my opinion, but:

>Why not try the LPEX editor in the RSE perspective now? 
>Basically, Code400 is going away as all it's features 
>have been absorbed into LPEX.  ...

I think it's an overstatement that "all" the features have been absorbed. 
Examples: 1) The compare function in CODE is still superior.  i.e., You 
can edit either member.  2) There is no equivalent to the "Navigator" 
window.

Until literally "all the features have been absorbed", I don't think 
CODE400 can go away.

> ....And get ready: Eventually 
>the same thing will happen to Code Designer.

I'm suspect that CODE Designer will never go away.  I could be wrong, 
don't think IBM has any intent to port the functionality of CODE Designer 
into WDSC.  CODE Designer is primarily for green screen (DSPF) 
development.  IBM isn't really promoting/advancing/developing for green 
screen anything.  Granted, Designer also handles PRTFs which (IMO) 
shouldn't be going away.  Many things can be replaced by electronic 
communications, but even to produce those a PRTF will help.

I've been using WDSC since version 4 (WDT, back then).  We're now on 
version 6 and I haven't seen anything that will do my DSPFs or PRTFs.  I 
think they might eventually get around to PRTFs.  But I think when IBM 
open-sourced and gave away Eclipse, they unleashed a tiger that's coming 
back to bite them.  Now, they have to try to keep up with Eclipse. Version 
3.0 of Eclipse is getting old and we've just now seen it in WDSC.

It's all a matter of development priorities.  The priorities seem to have 
been to 'webify' everything.

Oh well, off my soap box and back to work...