Re: VARPG

I realise this isn't the right list but there doesn't seem to be one for
VARPG.

My boss asked me to look at VARPG a while ago as we wondered what it was. I
said it was like VB for us RPG programmers, but IBM has discontinued it. So
we dropped the idea.

Does anyone use it? Is it worth starting to look into?

----- Original Message -----
From: "DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] VARPG

LOL, considering Charles' statement about a "new" RPG replacement

compiler, I wonder if VARPG might not be becoming native on System i.....

Just a thought...

Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Buck
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:20 AM
To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [WDSCI-L] VARPG


 > I would like this product to continue but
 > like someone mentioned in an earlier email
 > have gotten mixed messages to its future.

This page talks about 'what's new' for 7.0:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/wdt400/news/ga700.html

On the right are links to the announcement letter as well as some
Statements of Direction.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/wdt400/news/planning700.html#ui

These are going away after 7.0:

CoOperative Development Environment (CODE)
The CoOperative Development Environment (CODE) tools (CODE Editor, CODE
Designer, CODE Project Organizer, CODE Program Generator and the IBM
Distributed Debugger) are deprecated in WDSC V7.0 and WDSC AE V7.0.

This is the statement about VARPG:

Currently you can leverage your existing RPG IV skills to create rich
client applications by using VisualAge RPG 6.0, which is included in
WDSC 7.0 and WDSC AE 7.0.

IBM is exploring enhanced functions to enable you to use your RPG skills
in the creation of rich user interfaces more effectively, targeting a
wide variety of devices. IBM plans to define a path that allows
VisualAge RPG users to take full advantage of these exciting new
capabilities with minimal effort.

All statements regarding IBM's plans, directions, and intent are subject
to change or withdrawal without notice.
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