Re: VARPG

Booth! A potential acolyte!

On 3/27/07, David Foxwell <david.foxwell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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-----
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> [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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