Re: 7.6 and SDA

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gad

I would say that at this time, RDi has the better option for designing 
5250 screens. People are working on a designer in VS Code for i, 
however, I don't have information on when it is available. The other 
advantage to VS Code is cost. RDi does offer other powerful options, 
especially the free tool set of iSphere.

As for cost of RDI, be sure to ask your business partner about a 
trade-up for seats of ADTS (I believe this is right) to get a 
significant reduction (around 30%, IIRC) in purchase price of RDi seats.

*Regards*

*Vern Hamberg*

IBM Champion 2025 <cid:part1.I044NylN.5h4ZhL9d@centurylink.net> CAAC 
(COMMON Americas Advisory Council) IBM Influencer 2023


On 2/17/2026 12:32 AM, Gad Miron wrote:
> Thank you all (Rob, Dan, Vern, Dan, Bryan...)
>
> We are weighing our options (VSCode vs. RDi)
> Moving to an IDE environment may be a steep jump for some of our
> programmers
> Since we are mainly a "green screen" show, I tread cautiously.
> On the other hand  this 7.6 thingy has some nice features so...
>
> I know I should have prepared for this eventuality a long time ago but I
> didn't
>
> Anyway, thanks again everyone.
> Gad