Every propeller head takes some kind of perverse joy from wiping and reinstalling their Windows Machine. I know I do. After a year of various software installs, un-installs, re-installs, tweaks, hacks, dicking around (that’s a technical term) my Windows machine starts to get twitchy and a little punch drunk. It’s time for a fresh install and

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Source code line number sequencing in Rational Developer for IBM i Updating a source member and adding a bunch of lines will re-sequence the line numbers by default. Turning re-sequencing *OFF lets us clearly see added, deleted or changed blocks of code. We can set this on the exit line of SEU and also if

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CTRL + D = Duplicate a line of code Yes – Forget COPY/BEFORE/AFTER and quickly duplicate a line in RDi with CTRL/D. It’s really that simple. If, like me, you grew up with SEU as your terminal based editor choice – you will be used to Copy and Before or After. You might even get

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Want to disable RPGLE Live Parsing? “IBM Rdi” is arguably the best code editor for coding on IBM i. That’s pretty much a given. But, it’s still filled with little annoyances and things that make me groan. One, in particular, is the lagginess and freezing that comes when trying to edit very large programs using

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IBM Rational Developer (RDi) is good but bloody expensive! If you are reading this blog then chances are you are (a) an RPG Programmer and (b) using SEU to edit your code and (c) you are frustrated that SEU wont syntax check new RPG anymore! It’s time to leap into an RPG EDITOR or be pushed… RDi

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Are you still running the archaic WDSC7? So we already agree that using WDSC for IBM i software editing, for free, is pretty cool. But, adding Turnover V100 to it, so you can do everything from one place is even cooler. Once we have added the Turnover perspective to our existing WDSC7 setup then we

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Having Extension Problems? Viagra isnt helping? Then you have come to the right place. If you are seeing compatibility errors, perspective crashes or white screen of death when trying to open Turnover from within WDSC then this might just help. I’ve had a horrible time trying to get WDSC7 Turnover Perspective working when using the

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JULY 2015 Update: I bit the bullet and bought IBM Rational Developer RDi a while ago. It’s a nice step up from the old WDSC client and it deffo runs faster, smoother and supports all the new opcodes that are being introduced to RPG over recent years. I highly recommend RDi to each and every RPG

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So, you’ve installed WDSC7 now what? 1 – Automatically update to WebSphere Development Studio Client, Version 7.0.0.8: Install the fix pack with the same user account that installed the product. Restrictions: WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries, Version 7.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2, 7.0.0.4, or 7.0.0.6 must be installed. The product cannot be open when you install

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WDSC is a terrific graphical Coding Tool for the IBMi – Best in class of the ‘free as400 coding’ tools. For editing RPG and/or CL its a no brainer. Clean screen editing and a whole bunch of very cool tools that simply blow the old SEU environment out of the water. “But what about the

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IBM i – WebSphere Development Studio Client (RPG Programming Tool) is really quite Cool! I’ve just installed WDSC7.0 for the first time (/me ducks from the barrage of rotten fruit launched at him from the rowdy-RDi-crowd) and have almost had a religious experience with it. For years I’ve been feverishly hammering away in S.E.U. and

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Visual Studio with the Code 4 IBM i Plugin is my preferred RPG code development tool. Unlike IBM Rational Developer which is expensive but one could reluctantly argue that it’s worth the cost to access all the latest and greatest enhancements to the evolving RPG language direct from IBM. I wouldnt argue that 😉 Microsoft

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