Re: IBM is so confusing!

On 2/11/2011 11:57 AM, Tom Huff wrote:

I disagree. I think it is because it is not as good as SEU. It is a
wonderful tool, but they(IBM) went 90% of the way again. Without screen
design, report design, and debug done easily, why would people want to use
it. You still have to use both.

Tom

I find the editor to be much better than SEU. I personally have never been able to use RLU effectively, so the report designer is almost by definition better. And I think the debugger is better than STRDBG for a lot of things (STRDBG is still easier for interactive OPM programs).

I agree that the screen designer needs a couple of enhancements to beat SDA at everything: better handling of multiple fields and a field sort capability are my top two. I prefer the easy change between records in RDP and the ability to design screens by grouping records together, as well as the drag and drop field movement, so it's nearly a wash. Moreover I do most of my screen changes using the text editor, I really don't have to deal with the issues as much as you do.

So for folks who don't spend spend a lot of time in SDA (which I just don't) and don't do a lot of debugging of non-ILE code, I think RDP is more than 90% there. And the additional features sell it for that group (just more real estate is worth the price of admission).

Joe