Re: Demise of PDM

[Greg Wilburn <gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK... I believe I went there once, not sure why I changed back.

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From: WDSCI-L <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2026 2:07 PM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Demise of PDM

Don't submit the compiles to batch from RDi...
Then it's simply a matter of opening the Command Log window..

Charles

On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 12:02 PM Greg Wilburn <
gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So I've read different things about PDM going away (currently on 7.5).
> But I still find myself using it.  Why?
> Compiling in RDi leaves a lot to be desired when using service programs.
> Any errors during the binding step are all but "invisible" from purely RDi.
>
> Ran into it again today... I have to use PDM to compile SQLRPGLE member
> because I had a typo in the binding directory name.
> In RDI is see
> "CPF3C50 Program MYPROGRAM not created."
>
> Not helpful.
>
> Is there any (easy) way to see these types of errors?
>
> Greg
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