Re: justifying RDi when WDSCi 'still works'

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If there is an "extras" CD or DVD with 7.5, does it have CODE/400 still 
on it? Or do you have an old CD? That has both designers - they still 
work until IBM get the things up to speed in RDi. Oh, and WDSC used to 
be able to call them from RSE - I hope RDi still can.

HTH
Vern

MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I was mistaken.  I was sure I had read that the WYSIWYG screen designer 
> was out of preview status.  However, searching my files and the Internet, 
> I can't find anything of the sort.  IBM plainly states on their RDi 7.5 
> website that the screen designer is still in preview.  That really begs 
> the question as to how long it will be until we have a production ready 
> print designer.  Oh well, sorry about the confusion.  That aside, I still 
> plan to push for RDi (and a copy or two of RDi-SOA) by the time we upgrade 
> to 6.1.
>
> wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 08/24/2009 11:21:44 AM:
>
>   
> > ----- Message from MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:
> > 49:17 -0400 -----
> >
> > To:
> >
> > wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Subject:
> >
> > Re: [WDSCI-L] justifying RDi when WDSCi 'still works'
> >
> > Sorry it took me a few days to post this response.
> >
> > We haven't done the WDSC to RDi upgrade yet--we're still on V5R4. 
> >     
> However, 
>   
> > a big selling point I plan to use is the WYSIWYG screen designer.  IIRC, 
> >     
>
>   
> > the screen part is out of 'Technology preview--do not use for production 
> >     
>
>   
> > development' status.  From what I understand, the print designer is now 
> >     
> in 
>   
> > the Technology preview stage.  So you've got the WYSIWYG designer.  Then 
> >     
>
>   
> > there's also the Application Diagram function.  I had RDi installed for 
> > evaluation and it worked well--giving a view into the structure and flow 
> >     
>
>   
> > of programs and applications.  At times, the insight that can provide is 
> >     
>
>   
> > priceless.
> >
> > In response to Tommy's point about learning WDSC not being worthless:  I 
> >     
>
>   
> > agree the learning is beneficial to using RDi.  However support for WDSC 
> >     
>
>   
> > is going to stop.  (That's only about 8 months away now.)  If something 
> > stops working, you have nothing and your investment in learning WDSC is 
> >     
> of 
>   
> > no benefit unless you spring for the $$ to get RDi.
> >
> > For those of us who've made the complete jump to using the Eclipse-based 
> >     
>
>   
> > tooling, going back to SEU would be a very painful and 
> > productivity-draining affair.
> >