Re: V5R4, First go with WDSC, PTFs message

Thanks Joe, Vern,

Fantastic! Thanks really much!

I opened up Verify Connection as Joe said, and got two specific PTFs for
an "Option 60 is missing". I'll be passing that on to the Sys Admin guy
here, he handles all the PTFs. Just the last couple of days he applied a
Cum PTF, the latest, and it already had some WDSC PTFs. Sys admin is
already downloading and working on applying the two PTFs listed.

I had forgotten to mention, I have WDSC 7.0 for the PC side. Server side
too I assume.

There's one more thing, under "Checking host callbacks", like so:

Checking host callbacks
---Check callback to RSE daemon
------Host PTF missing. The requested function is not available.

Another thing too, doesn't WDSC provide a screen designer, and a print
file designer?

--Alan


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Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] V5R4, First go with WDSC, PTFs message

Alan

After you have the list of PTFs from the steps Joe gave you, go to
www.iseries.ibm.com/support - you will be redirected to the real page -
or take the link there. On that page is a link for Fix Central - that is
the IBM-recommended place to go. You can maybe just follow your nose, or
there should be a guide on that page somewhere. Select individual fixes,
then put in the list you got from WDSC. There are several options -
order on CD, download a CD image, download to SAVFs, etc. Gotta read the
guide, I guess!!

Also run WRKPTFGRP - to see what CUME level you are at - it's always
wise to be current on that and the several group PTFs - again, there is
a guide to those on the support page.

HTH
Vern

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From: Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Cassidy, Alan wrote:

Hello,

We've just been doing our first go with WDSC recently, something
I've been pushing for a long time. Finally.

Source editing is fine. BUT.

We went to compile an RPGLE program, and got a message that we
needed PTF's to be able to do that. There was NO more information in

the message or the job log or anywhere that would help us get a
handle on which PTFs etc. I haven't handled PTFs for the last
fifteen years or so, and couldn't figure my way to the PTFs on the
IBM PTF site either. Sys admin here is overloaded, and I'm the guy
here who is the most eager to get to the good stuff, so it's me.

I poked around in the archives and on IBM's web site and couldn't
find something helpful.

So my last resort is here, where to go to find these PTFs?!

Thanks
Alan EC

Hi Alan! Welcome to the world of WDSC! Better late than never .

Okay, to start with, go into WDSC into Remote Systems Explorer. Under
your connection you should see an element called "Objects". Right
click on that puppy and select the Verify Connection... option. That
will fire up a dialog that will tell you more than you ever wanted to
know about the connection, including all the PTFs it needs.

Once you've done that, the next step is to get the PTFs, but that's a
different subject, and you can probably find a lot more information
for on the regular midrange-l list.

Joe
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