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

Arco Simonse <[email protected]> Wed, 3 Sep 2025 23:53:52 +0200
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Hi Mark,

Here I use RDI 9.6.12 with windows 11 without issue so far, maybe I'm just
lucky...
We are in a longwinded phase to fully move over to Code4i. If you have the
required PTF's installed, SEP debugging works well, however not always
stable.

Regards,
-Arco

Op wo 3 sep. 2025 23:10 schreef Mark Murphy <[email protected]>:

> 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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