Jim,
I'm sure others will also respond, but let me submit my 2-cents worth:
1) "member/object text does not show up" - The moderator of this site has a free plug-in to deal with this issue. It shows what you are looking for in the Remote System tree view. If you search the archives or the Wiki, you can probably find a reference.
Alternately, you could right-click and use "Show In Table". This mimics the display of PDM, but adds the capability to sort the list by any of the Column headers with a simple click.
2) "RDP is way slower than PDM" - client server (RDp) -vs- direct connect will always favor the direct connect, but in my opinion, the gap has been minimized and more than compensated by the improved capabilities.
3) " PC attached with the appropriate stuff whereas with PDM you can just use a green screen" - Connection in both cases is via TCPIP. Yes, RDp needs a software license, but PDM and legacy tools do too. Maybe I'm not understanding your point here; are you trying to say PDM is universally available where as RDp is not? That may be true now, but what about a few years down the road?
4) "restricted state or partially shut down" - I guess this depends on what you are trying to do. RDp is for development, not system management, and the ability to work offline and merge source changes later is something I can't do from a green screen.
5) "Options and F13 repeat" - As others have mentions RDp supports user actions to replace your PDM Options. If your PDM options are for system management, see previous point about development vs system management.
As far as F13 repeat, RDp support multiple selections, but thru a windows interface instead of command line access. I guess it depends on what you are trying to repeat, but this seems to be a minimal inconvenience at worst.
Since I spend most of my time editing code, PDM navigation vs Remote System is not my main focus.
Opinions will differ, but at least they can be discussed.
Regards
Michael Kohlndorfer | Programmer Analyst | mkohlndorfer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:27:43 -0600
from: Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] WDSCi 7.0 on Windows 7 64-bit
For one, member/object text does not show up unless you highlight the
member/object and then only at the bottom of the screen and only one object
For two, any way you cut it, RDP is way slower than PDM
For three, you _have to_ have PC attached with the appropriate stuff,
whereas with PDM you can just use a green screen
For Four, go ahead and try using RDP when the system is either in a
restricted state or partially shut down.
For five, options ( particularly the ones I make up ) and F13 Repeat
saves lots of time and customer money.
I could go on but I don't need to.
Don't get me wrong, I use RDP constantly, and like it, but it does not
replace PDM even by a small margin....
Now if you want to compare SEU to RDP _editors_ there is no match, RDP
wins hands down.
What Sean was correctly stating is you cannot compare RDP Remote Systems
to PDM favorably
Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects
On 1/5/2012 1:34 PM, Joe Pluta wrote:
On 1/4/2012 4:13 PM, Porterfield, Sean wrote:
PDM is more than SEU. RDP is not a reasonable replacement for PDM.
It's as simple as that.
With the exception of compare/merge, what do you find irreplaceable in PDM?
Color coding and more lines of code are enough for me to switch.
Outline mode and search and open seal the deal. The SDA replacement
works quite well. Debugging rocks.
Unless you run regularly over a very slow speed is not an issue. I'm
puzzled.
Joe
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