An Introduction to WDSc Table Views

January 26, 2005 Bruce Guetzkow

Although Programming Development Manager has always been a powerful green-screen tool, IBM has been pushing programmers to move from PDM to WebSphere Development Studio client. The reason for this push is that IBM will no longer be enhancing PDM or Source Entry Utility (SEU), and is instead concentrating its efforts on WDSc. To make the transition to WDSc easier, I’ll compare and contrast the iSeries Table view and PDM. You’ll see that there are many similarities between the two, as well as a few notable differences.

The iSeries Table View

The tree structure of the Remote Systems view, of the

Another Reason to Use P-Fields

January 26, 2005 Hey, Ted

Within a subfile, I am using an indicator to highlight a field if the value of that field is invalid. Is there a way, when I read a subfile record, to analyze the attributes of the field to see if the indicator was switched on or off when the subfile record was written? My problem is that the display attribute is losing its original setting.

–Alan

I don’t know of a way to determine the original setting. I have included hidden one-byte fields in a subfile to store the settings of indicators so I could reset the indicators before updating

The Save-Restore Commands

January 26, 2005 Hey, Ted

We have a new machine and have joined the world of logical partitioning. We have a partition for production and one for development. I am struggling with copying data and source code between the two machines. FTP copies source members without a problem, but it drops the modification dates on the source records. To copy data files, I’ve been transmitting save files in binary mode, which is a hassle. Also, I’d like to set up a scheduled job to refresh certain files on the test system from the production system at night, and while FTP would work, it would be