Re: RDI 9.5.1.1. SEP is broken...

Ken, just to amplify what Bill is saying: I use RDi non-stop and don't see the issues you do. I use it on multiple machines over different VPNs. I bring the VPN connections up and down throughout my workday as I work on different clients, and I have literally gone longer than a week without even ending RDi, just disconnecting and reconnecting to different hosts as needed and I don't have crashes like you do.

Caveat: I don't use SEPs nearly as often as you do. But other than that, I beat the heck out of RDi. My most common annoyance is losing auto-complete, second most often is losing syntax coloring (usually for embedded SQL programs). Either one usually requires saving, closing, and re-opening the member, which in turn causes a re-parsing that can take a little time for a large program on a slower connection.

I do, however, hate when I forget to close a display file in Screen Designer. Sometimes when RDi comes up it tries to go to the host before I've logged in. I think it does it to figure out how to paint the screen but because I'm not logged in yet it will pop up an old-school Java iSeries login prompt for system, user ID and password, and at that point I know I'm in trouble. But that's a different issue. :)

Ken,

You really should consider tracking down your restart issue.
I've gone weeks without having to restart RDI and then only
because of some Microsoft or other issue requiring a PC restart.
Your situation is really not normal. To me it sounds like a
network or PC problem on your end. RDI has to be one of the
most stable applications we use. It just never breaks.


Bill





From: Ken Killian <kkillian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 02/14/2017 09:13 AM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDI 9.5.1.1. SEP is broken...
Sent by: "WDSCI-L" <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



Mark,

I can understand that...

At work, I am called "Mr. RDI", since I promote RDI.

This morning, my co-worker just called me over to his Cube....

He was UNABLE to save his source changes in RDi 9.5.1.1, and he was
perplexed. It gave some cryptic Java Error, but unable to save his source.
This is a BIG ISSUE!!!

He changed the code, and NEEDS to be able to save his CHANGES!

So, we manually copied his PC-File over to another file. Close his source
WITHOUT CHANGES; since we were UNABLE to save changes.

And manually re-open the member with NO CHANGES....

Now, he is forced to MANUALLY re-apply his changes, looking another PC
file. Where RDI was unable to allow him to save his changes!!! WTF. It is
NOT JUST ME!

Saving a change source file "should NEVER FAIL" period! Not even ONCE!

He wants to use RDI, but with issue, why not just use SEU, where you KNOW
it will SAVE YOUR CHANGES??????

PS. Once I get the error message from his Laptop, I will post it on this
message.



-Ken Killian-
Mobile Comm Back-End
Senior IBM i Developer using Rational Developer for I RDI 9.5.1.1
Running IBM I, that supports: Java, PHP, Ruby/Ruby on Rails, Python, Node
JS, RPGLE


-----Original Message-----
From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark
Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc.
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 7:58 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDI 9.5.1.1. SEP is broken...

I don't know Ken, you have more trouble with RDi than anyone I know. I
start RDi once a day, in the morning when I come in to work. I don't
remember the last time I had to restart it, though it has happened. Do you
report back here each and every time you have and issue with RDi?

Mark Murphy
Atlas Data Systems
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Ken Killian <kkillian@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: -----
To: "Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client
for System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Ken Killian <kkillian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 02/13/2017 01:54PM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDI 9.5.1.1. SEP is broken...


Well, it seems to be working today. And there was NOTHING in the RDI
Command-Log or the Error-Log....

I have no clue how to check the Server-side joblog. I assume that is one
the back-ground running jobs. I should check that next time. It is usually
the jobs: "QZADSONIT, QRWTSRVR, QZRCSRVS running in subsystem: QUSRWRK...

I will check that Next time! Good tip!

I love RDI, it just is NOT 100% Stable, it is Restart software...


-Ken Killian-
Mobile Comm Back-End
Senior IBM i Developer using Rational Developer for I RDI 9.5.1.1
Running IBM I, that supports: Java, PHP, Ruby/Ruby on Rails, Python, Node
JS, RPGLE


-----Original Message-----
From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Justin
Taylor
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 1:23 PM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDI 9.5.1.1. SEP is broken...

Anything in the RDi Commands Log or Error Log? What about the server-side
joblog?



-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Killian [mailto:kkillian@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 8:00 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDI 9.5.1.1. SEP is broken...

Mike,

I suspect it the "QA-Quality-Assurance" IBM I box we are using....

My problem is lack of feedback from RDI 9.5.1.1 to help me diagnose
problems and issues...

I will not develop code without RDi. My main issue is lack of feedback...

Since I am using a company laptop, they use Symantec anti-virus, which I
am locked out of turning it off. We have been using that for a long
time...

It appears to work on the main development box, but not on the
QA-IBM-i-box... <strange> for this service-program. Other debug options
work okay...

It appears to me that is probably a difference between the two boxes, and
heck if I know what is different... <puzzled-Look>

It is NOT just me...

Why Regular debug would work, and not Service Entry points is mind blowing
to me...