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

Not sure what they bought before, but when I asked them to turn on SSH so I
could test VS Code, they got me a copy of RDi 9.8 and a license key. Change
still makes them nervous.

On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM Jon Paris <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm guessing from that, that your company purchased the one-time license
> 12 months maintenance version. Anything else can be upgraded to 9.8 with no
> purchase needed.
>
>
> Jon Paris
> [email protected]
>
>
>
> > On Sep 3, 2025, at 5:10 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > 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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