Re: I'm having trouble with RDi and Windows 11

Hi Jon, Well like everything else, it's a money issue. That and a
persistent idea that IBM i is old and on its way out. It might just be
easier to jump to VS Code.

On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM Jon Paris <[email protected]> wrote:

> Why not upgrade to 9.8?  At least then if you still have problems you can
> get IBM support without aguing about updating.
>
> As to Code for i - yes, the SEP works for it now, as with RDi. That said,
> I have only ever used it to debug batch-type functions - not sure how it
> works when handling an interactive program. I'm not currently using it
> because the latest debug extension requires certificates etc., and I can't
> be bothered to set it up right now.
>
>
> Jon Paris
> [email protected]
>
>
>
> > On Sep 3, 2025, at 4:22 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > We are still using RDi 9.6. I just got a new Windows 11 laptop, and I'm
> > having trouble installing RDi 9.6 on it.
> >
> >   - The single user install does nothing unless I install as an admin
> >   user, but that installs into the Admin User's folders.
> >   - The Admin install appears to work, and I can apply the license pack,
> >   but when I try to connect to a host, the dialog appears, but it is
> empty.
> >
> >
> > Is the only option to upgrade to 9.8?
> >
> > What about VS Code? how does it's debug compare to SEP in RDi. (That was
> a
> > game changer for me)?
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