 Planning statements - March 2007 CoOperative Development Environment (CODE)
The CoOperative Development Environment (CODE) tools (CODE Editor, CODE Designer, CODE Project Organizer, CODE Program Generator and the IBM Distributed Debugger) are deprecated in WDSC V7.0 and WDSC AE V7.0. This means there will be no future enhancements made to these tools, they will not be updated to work with new releases of i5/OS, and they will not be ported to run on future versions of the Windows operating system. Customers using these tools should migrate to use the equivalent function in the Remote System Explorer and iSeries Integrated Debugger. The CODE tools will continue to be supported until Development Studio Client V7.0 reaches end of service. Rich User Interface Development
Currently you can leverage your existing RPG IV skills to create rich client applications by using VisualAge RPG 6.0, which is included in WDSC 7.0 and WDSC AE 7.0. IBM is exploring enhanced functions to enable you to use your RPG skills in the creation of rich user interfaces more effectively, targeting a wide variety of devices. IBM plans to define a path that allows VisualAge RPG users to take full advantage of these exciting new capabilities with minimal effort. All statements regarding IBM's plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice. | 
