Re: Continued CODE Issues

Hey Dave,

What's that web site at IBM where you get the patch for V6 and V7? Can
any one help on that? What is it called and how do you search for it?

Al Slezak





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Re: [WDSCI-L] Continued CODE Issues






I've been using CODE DSU (CODE Designer if you prefer) for display and
print files for years. Its functionality is better than SDA and
(especially!) RLU, but its reliability is so-so. It's best if you use the
version of CODE that comes with Versions 6 and 7 of WDSCi, but what helps
the most is to get the patch for that version. You HAVE to download it
manually from the IBM site, as none of the WDSCi updaters deals with it.
Most of you probably don't have it, but you DO need it if you use DSU!

Even with that, I suggest changing the automatic checkpoints to every 5
minutes (Tools/Settings - Saving).

Also, when DSU drops a record format, it's almost always because its
syntax checker decided there was something wrong with it at member open.
If that happens, the record format is still in your source! Get out of
DSU without saving the member, and you should be able to fix it up using
an editor or SDA/RLU/RDA or whatever to the point where you can use DSU
again. Sometimes the problem is only that you have a reference that isn't
in your DSU library list or something equally frustrating. This
particular behavior of dropping source that it doesn't like is a very bad
decision (IMHO) that the CODE design team made back when it was an OS/2
product, and they never changed it. Hopefully the WDSCi screen designer
will be less cavalier about throwing things away that it doesn't like.

You're free to choose not to use it while you wait for the WDSCi designer,
if you think the learning curve is too steep for the benefit. After
reading the review that Joe Pluta wrote, I tend to think that you'll get
up to speed with the new tool much faster if you're already familiar with
DSU, but that's just my opinion. I like it better than SDA and RLU, but I
know its warts and how to avoid them. For me it's more productive; for
you, it may not be.

Dave Shaw
Mohawk Industries