Re: Compare and merge

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David

May I suggest using option 55 in PDM - yes - PDM! You get a split SEU 
screen where YOU decide what gets merged. Nothing in WDSC or anywhere 
else gives you that ability that I know of.

HTH
Vern

At 05:27 AM 3/18/2008, you wrote:

> I just used the merge source function for the first time.
>
> I had to fix a bug on a programme currently undergoing 
> modifications. This meant that there were 3 versions of the RPG source :
>
> The version in production, a version that a developper is currently 
> working on and my version.
>
> I needed to update the production version and then copy my 
> modifications in the other developper's version.
>
> To merge my modifications am I right in saying you need to download 
> the two sources into an iSeries project?
>
> Anyway that's how I did it, then hit the button to insert all the 
> modifications. That was the production library version taken care 
> of. I was very impressed. I even found it hard to believe. So I 
> uploaded the modified (merged) source and compared it again with the 
> version on the i5. I guess I'll just have to trust it!
>
> I then wanted to do the same with the other developper's version. 
> The compare took a long time and I got the message that there were 
> too many differences. It said to ignore the spaces or analyze 
> separately the structures. I see in the preferences under workbench/ 
> comparaison I can select ignore the spaces but I don't think that's 
> going to make much difference. How do I analyze only parts of the source ?
>
> Now I have to go through all my modifications using the date and 
> insert them into the other source manually. It is rather delicate.
>
> Any suggestions ?
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