Re: Compiling menus via WDSc

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

True, Vern.  Whenever I have to add another option to one of our menus, 
which are already overcrowded, I convert it to UIM.  What I would really 
like to see is, at least, an SDA-like interface to designing one.

You can, also, use UIM panels for display files.  Haven't drunk that 
kool-aid yet, but it looks interesting.

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vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Gotta say it!! Change over to UIM menus! Almost all of the IBM menus are this type - did a quick survey of the menus in QSYS - 1 DSPF menu, 6 PGM menus, and a PF menu - whatever that is!!
>
>
> DSPF        PCOMNU  
> PF          CLEANUP 
> PGM         ASSIST  
> PGM         CFGIPI  
> PGM         CFGIPX  
> PGM         CFGTCP  
> PGM         PERFORM 
> PGM         PERFORMG
>
> You get scrollability with UIM menus, but only one column, whereas DSPF types give you 2 columns but no paging.
>
> Very easy to write, after the first one!!!
>
> JMHO!
> Vern
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Wilt, Charles" <WiltC@xxxxxxxxxx>
>   
> > SDA menus use the CRTMNU command also.
> >
> > CRTMNU MENU(MENU400) TYPE(*DSPF).
> >
> > I would think you could add a customer compile command for them.  Only problem 
> > is you need to create
> > the *MSGF object along with the *MENU object.
> >
> > I assume you've already created the *DSPF object.
> >
> > Should be doable, might work best if you use a custom CL program as a compile 
> > command that creates
> > both the *MSGF and *MENU.  Might take some programming to get the messages from 
> > the MNUCMD source into
> > the *MSGF.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Charles Wilt 
> > Software Engineer
> > CINTAS Corporation - IT 92B
> > 513.701.1307
> >
> > wiltc@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >     
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:43 AM
> > > To: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
> > > Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Compiling menus via WDSc
> > >
> > > Hmmm, I never tried compiling MNUDDS style menus outside of SDA.  When I
> > > tried using a '14' option in PDM, it told me that there was no such
> > > option available.
> > >
> > > UIM menus, on the other hand, do use the CRTMNU command to compile.  For
> > > those type menus the CRTMNU command does show up in the 'Compile..'
> > > option of the toolbar and elsewhere.
> > >
> > > 	* Jerry C. Adams
> > > *IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
> > > B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
> > > voice
> > > 	615.995.7024
> > > fax
> > > 	615.995.1201
> > > email
> > > 	jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Justin Taylor wrote:
> > >       
> > > > I can edit my menus via LPEX (MNUCMD) and CODE/Designer (MNUDDS) but I
> > > > cannot find a way to compile them.  Can they be compiled via WDSc or
> > > > does it require SDA?
> > > >