Vern,
Thanks once again for this. I spent the afternoon change about 160 CL programs... I had to run through this process below 3 times to change 3 different things on a command that changed (v7r3 upgrade).
I found it VERY helpful to
1. Turn off the syntax checker in PDM
2. Set the find/replace option to replace ALL, and
3. Record a macro for F17, F3, enter (which I then created a button on the toolbar)
Even after all this, it took me nearly all afternoon to do this.
IBM Closed my RFE saying it was a duplicate, but provided almost NO explanation of why it was considered a duplicate.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=116974
Said something about using iProject? I have absolutely no clue how to use that.
Greg
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From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vernon Hamberg
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 12:26 PM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Find/Replace in multiple source members
Hi Greg
I don't know about in RDi - I've used PDM to do something like this - there are a couple hopscotch steps, of course!
1. Assuming all are in the same source file, select the members with option 25 on each member 2. Press enter 3. On the prompt you see,
a. Put in your old program name in the search field
b. Make the edit option a 2
4. Press enter again
5. IN the first source member, press F14
a Put the new program name in the replace field
b. Change occurrences to process to a 2 for All
c. Check that you allow data shift
d. Press F17 to do the changes
e. Press F3, then Enter to save
6. For each subsequent members, press F17, then F3, then Enter to change and save the changes
There - EZ-PZ - I don't think iSphere has this functionality, although it could be a cool feature to add.
And there still ARE some very strong capabilities in PDM!
I've not tried this in the PDM options part of RDi, however - who knows?
It might be doable there, as well, and that'd be very cool!
HTH
Vern
On 2/27/2018 10:48 AM, Greg Wilburn wrote:
Seems like I should know this...
Is there a way to find replace a text string in multiple source members within the same member filter?
I need to change a program call (CLP) in 25 or so members, then recompile. Seems like there should be a way to do that.
Greg
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