Re: IBM i 7.6 Development tools

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

An additional benefit of using screens in RDi - you can save them with 
different data sets, including indicators.

*Regards*

*Vern Hamberg*

IBM Champion 2025 <cid:part1.wMcOfaz9.aSQLMxjn@centurylink.net> CAAC 
(COMMON Americas Advisory Council) IBM Influencer 2023

On 4/14/2025 9:14 AM, Vern Hamberg via RPG400-L wrote:
> Hi Brian
>
> I have sometimes used the "preview" function, I usually would enter 
> STRSDA, prompt it, and take option 3. One can do the same in PDM with 
> the 17 option, prompt it there.
>
> But I was about to mention to Patrik the ability to create screens in 
> RDi - it is, IMHO, very similar to STRSDA opt 3, in that you add 
> record formats in both cases. In the latter, you can enter test data - 
> I've not found a way to enter multiple rows of a subfile, and you can 
> only add test data for the final record being written out.
>
> In RDi, we can create - I believe - data for everything, including 
> rows of a subfile - and the output of these will look very much like 
> the 5250 screen.
>
> *Regards*
>
> *Vern Hamberg*
>
> IBM Champion 2025 <cid:part1.ovqADumi.0c8x420S@centurylink.net> CAAC 
> (COMMON Americas Advisory Council) IBM Influencer 2023
>
> On 4/14/2025 8:52 AM, Brian Parkins wrote:
> > I'm afraid I don't quite understand, Patrick. Assuming you're in Work 
> > with Members, PDM option 17). is the same as STRSDA OPTION(1) - i.e 
> > Work with Display Records.
> >
> > The "preview" function would be STRSDA OPTION(3) - i.e. Test Display 
> > Files. Is this what you mean by SPA? (RDi Screen Designer has a 
> > Preview function as well.)
> >
> > You say RDi is not an option for you. Is this because you don't have 
> > access to it?
> >
> > We've known for some time that this was going to happen:
> > https://www.itjungle.com/2024/07/10/ibm-begins-the-purge-of-old-greenscreen-utilities/ 
> >
> >
> > Admittedly RDi Screen Designer does not provide support for Menu 
> > design, (STRSDA OPTION(2)) - which is unfortunate.
> >
> > Brian.
> >
> > On 14/04/2025 13:17, Patrik Schindler wrote:
> > > Hello Brian,
> > >
> > > Am 14.04.2025 um 13:22 schrieb Brian Parkins<goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > >
> > > > For many years the Screen Designer and Report Designer tools within 
> > > > RDi have been much better options for generating the DDS than SDA 
> > > > and RLU. (Just my opinion.)
> > > Some people use SDA not for designing screens (which is cumbersome, 
> > > IMHO), but as "SPA" (Screen Preview Agent), through PDM option 17. 
> > > I'm one of those. RDI is not an option for me.
> > >
> > > :wq! PoC