Re: Changing member types

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm! If it's enough of a PITA, time for an RFE, man!

On 8/11/2020 3:18 PM, Greg Wilburn wrote:
> X2... it's a real PITA.
>
>
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> To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [WDSCI-L] Changing member types
>
>    I ran into an interesting situation that RDi could have handled
> better, IMHO.  I was developing an RPGLE program and then decided I
> needed some SQL in there.  Since the verifier uses the member type to
> determine the allowable syntax I needed to change the member type.  I
> used RDi to change the member type to SQLRPGLE.(Remote systems >
> Properties > Type).
>
>    The member was still open.  When I tried to save it I received a
> message along the lines of the local copy not existing.  It proceeded to
> create a new, empty RSExxxxxx member in the QRPGLESRC file - each time I
> clicked on save.  The current program open in the editor did not get
> saved to those members.
>
>    To resolve the immediate issue I just reversed the change type
> process, saved the member, exited and reopened it.  There are several
> resulting behaviors that could be improved here.
>
> - Ideally the change member type function can check if the member is
> open in the editor and do whatever it needs to do to realign the work file.
>
> - I could have been prompted to copy/save from the original work file.
>
>    It's not a showstopper, but I thought I'd post it in case some else
> decides to change member types mid-stream.  And maybe the RDI
> development team will decide it's worth fixing/implementing.
>
>    -mark