Re: No *ESCAPE message on wrong compile command -- WDSCI-L

For the archives: Found the error list now, There is a dropdown box on the error list that allows you to select which messages show up on the error list. I chose not to show information or warning messages.

As always, if there are any questions, please let me know.

Thanks,

Dave B

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From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Boettcher
Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 11:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] No *ESCAPE message on wrong compile command

A while back I set the filter for errors at, I think, 01 and the error list doesn't pop up for me.
In fact, right now, after trying a compile, I not only don't have an error list pop up, I can't figure out where it is to display it. I know the compile completed since I can see it in the commands log.

Thanks,

Dave B

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From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Rowe
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Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] No *ESCAPE message on wrong compile command

Edmund,

The message box might be obtrusive and annoying.

I don't think it would be any more annoying or obtrusive than opening (even if it is closed) and displaying (even if it is minimized) the error list after EVERY COMPILE, good OR bad. I've been fighting that one for years now. It steals focus away from where I am typing -- really annoying. I guess that "the Eclipse way" though.

Stu

On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Tools/400 <thomas.raddatz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Edmund,

Most of the time I compile objects interactively and hence I expected
to get a message dialog for a failing command much the same as on a
command line. For batch compiles I can use the iSphere Message Monitor.

But it might be worth to improve RDi to either display the "Error List"
or the "Commands Log" depending on the availability of *EVENTF entries.

Thomas.

Am 26.02.2016 um 18:43 schrieb Edmund Reinhardt:

We don't currently have an option to do that.
Would making the Commands Log view visible if a command (that does
not

have

*EVENTF) fails be sufficient.
The message box might be obtrusive and annoying.

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Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] No *ESCAPE message on wrong compile command
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Hi Vern,

The problem has nothing to do with the *EVENTF option. There are
lots of commands that do not have that option and I wonder how to
get noticed by RDi when such a command fails.

Today, I had a problem with a command of our change management
system that sent an *ESCAPE message, which was silently ignored by
RDi. Then I did additional tests and tried to compile a RPGLE source
member with CRTFOODCMD (which does not exist) and CRTTBL (which
should not understand a RPGLE source).

Guess what? Nothing happened what I tried to compile the module from
an RSE source member filter. That is really bad, when you are in a
hurry and you think that it compiled just fine.

At least I would like to see an option to enable a popup message box

when:

* a command, that does not have specified *EVENTF, failed
* there is a typo in a custom compile command

The popup is not really necessary (maybe even annoying) when the
command created *EVENTF information.

Thomas.