Re: Why can I not run a "Find String" in the background?

Probably not exactly what you are looking for, but typing (e.g.) the FNDSTRPDM command into the "Run Command" option ("Batch") on the right-click menu of the "iSeries Objects" collection under a relevant connection in the RSE explorer view works fine for me.

As long as the command does not require any user input or screen output, any command can be run there, and you can follow the progress in the "iSeries Job Status" view. If you have a reasonable CL program to do the multi-library search for you, and all results go to spooled files, you should be able to access the results from the "iSeries Job Status" view with no trouble and work while you are waiting for the search to finish.

I'm working with WDSCi v7.0, but I can't imagine that this area has changed much in Rdi and RDp.


Best regards,
Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Rowe
Sent: 03 September 2010 14:15
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries
Subject: [WDSCI-L] Why can I not run a "Find String" in the background?

What a horrible, tooth-grinding slow experience is waiting for "Find String"
to finish while I am forced to stare at the dopey progress bar. I would not
mind the slowness of it if I did not have to WATCH it the whole time.

I'm attempting to search a filter that contains a smattering of members from
various disparate libraries on a single i by right-click the filter then
Find String. In this case it searches one member at a time while forcing me
to watch. I scanned the archives and I realize this is a painfully slow,
shoot-me-in-the-head method for searching and yes I am aware of several
alternatives, none of which are quite what I need.

I can't seem to find a single setting (of the millions available) that
allows it to run "unattended" and tell me when it is finished (i.e. get out
of my face, do search, bring the search results to the foreground when done,
much like the super-annoying error list comes to the foreground and steals
focus after a batch compile -- still to this day it does that). Seems odd
that I can compile in batch and do other things in batch while still working
on my source, but Find String sits in my face for (sometimes) up to 45
minutes while preventing me from using Rational at all for anything else the
whole time.

Anyone have a trick for enabling the continuation of actual work while the
search progresses? I've searched the help and the web to no avail --
perhaps it is truly impossible. Of course, searching for terms like these
result in far too many hits to actually read them all.

I suppose I could start another instance of Rational just for searching.

I'm running IBM Rational Developer for Power Systems Software 7.5.0.

Stu