Re: Basic RSE Editing questions

Hi Tim,

1. The tree view doesn't support this - although if you look at the
properties view - you will see the description when an item is selected in
the tree view. You should probably try the table view.

2. Keys can be easily remapped to do other things - check the mailing list
archives for discussions on this at length. You'll also want to read the
reference help for what LPEX actions are available/do (scrollTop, scrollUp
come to mind)

3. Remote Systems LPEX Editor has an auto-save feature. Default is set to
every 5 minutes. Check out Windows>Preferences, Remote Systems>Remote
Systems LPEX Editor

4. There is no way to currently do this. It is on our list of
requirements.

5. Standard windows copy/paste keys can be used, along with a few extras
provided in LPEX (check the Edit menu for selection options)

6. Drag and drop from table view to RS LPEX is currently not available.
It is also on our list of requirements.

7. Ctrl+F5, or either Source>Remove Errors, or Source>Refresh. Its on
our list of requirements to automatically remove these during error list
reloads.

I recommend that you try the tutorials included in the product as well as
the PDM/SEU transition to RSE/LPEX - which was revamped and rewritten for
v7.0. Also, if you go to the WDSC web site
(http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/wdt400) and search the support
section - you will find additional tutorials and the labs from COMMON.

Violaine Batthish
eSupport Champion
WebSphere Development Studio Client
IBM Toronto Lab



wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/21/2007 02:32:57 PM:

Hello to all,
There has been lots of talk about this product that has spilled over onto
the midrange list, and it has me once again attempting to give it a shot.

I

hate to think of myself as non adaptive and unable to embrace new
technologies, methods, etc. So hear goes again. Currently I'm only

coding

old school RPG type programs, so the following questions pertain to RSE.
And most of the following relates back to how I do things in PDM/SEU,

only

because that's all I know at the moment. I attempted a fairly easy
modification to an existing program, and came up with the follow list of
things I found that I take for granted in SEU.

1. Is there a way to list libs, objects, members, etc in the Remote

Systems

view with descriptions?

2. Can I condition page ups and downs by cursor position? Or at least

jump

the cursor to the top or bottem of the displayed view, then I could roll

by

line up or down.

3. In SEU, when I hit <enter>, I know it has been saved, even if I loose

my

session. Do I have to continually save my work?

4. In SEU, when I hit enter, the editor will automatically position my
cursor to where I need to key additional data? I know tab moves me to

the

next input position, but not whether it requires input. And by the time
auto syntax checking informs me, I have spent time reading the message,
relocating my cursor, etc.

5. Do I have to use the mouse to copy lines from one member to another?

6. How can I copy field names in to the member? I added a table to the
Table View, I can see all my fields, but can't copy and paste from there.

7. After compiling, getting errors, and fixing them, and recompiling
successfully, the error messages are still showing in the edit view. How
can I get rid of them with out closing the member?

Believe it or not, I had a lot more questions, but figured many of them

out.

Which brings up my last question (for now:). How do you work through
learning the functionality of this application? Currently I'm just
stumbling through the basics, and I know I'm not doing many things the

most

productive way.

Thanks for all you help, Tim