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

Edmund,

Obviously the advantage/disadvantage of "steeling" the focus is
something that depends on personal favorites and most likely on the
current context, too.

Sometimes it is good and sometimes not.

If was in charge to decide what to do, then I would let the user decide
whether or not he wants to get noticed about the result of the last
compile. I do not believe that it is too much works to add a check box
to the "Command Execution" preferences page that, when checked, either
opens the "Error List" view or the "Commands Log" view depending on the
availability of *EVENTF information. You may call it "Display compile
status" or "Display compile result" or whatever fits best.

Thomas.

Am 01.03.2016 um 16:23 schrieb Edmund Reinhardt:

I understand that taking the keyboard focus is annoying, but don't you want
feedback on whether the compile was successful or not? What mechanism
would you prefer for that?

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Date: 28/02/2016 08:29 AM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] No *ESCAPE message on wrong compile command
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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-a9TbBav64t4b1SvskN2V4Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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Date: 26/02/2016 11:36 AM
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.

Am 26.02.2016 um 16:34 schrieb Vernon Hamberg:

*EVENTF option

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