- 1701. 2011/03/09 Advertorial - Manta
- (MC iApplication Designer)
- ... there, you'll learn how to create server-based applications using CGI programs written in RPG and how to use Ajax techniques to enhance the user's web experience. You will also learn how to set up the IBM ...
- Created on 08 March 2011
- 1702. Synchronize Your Source Files
- (RPG)
- Use the WinMerge graphical compare and merge utility to aid with the synchronization of RPG and other i/OS source members. Written by Michael Sansoterra One of the dreaded drudgeries of RPG programming ...
- Created on 01 March 2011
- 1703. Partner TechTip: Moving Web Development In-House
- (General)
- ... programs written in RPG, COBOL, C, CL, or REXX. It also supports PHP and Net.Data. If you prefer Java, you can use the Integrated Application Server, which is also a free component of IBM i. Given ...
- Created on 27 February 2011
- 1704. 2011/02/28 Advertorial - Manta
- (MC iTechnology Manager)
- ... there, you'll learn how to create server-based applications using CGI programs written in RPG and how to use Ajax techniques to enhance the user's web experience. You will also learn how to set up the IBM ...
- Created on 27 February 2011
- 1705. TechTip: What's in the Job Scheduler
- (System Administration)
- ... a WRKJOBSCDE to *Print Creates file JOBSCHED in QTEMP Copies the Spooled File to JOBSCHED Calls JOBSCDR1 JOBSCDR1 Type RPGLE Get Job Schedule Entries to Outfile Read ...
- Created on 17 February 2011
- 1706. Partner TechTip: Simplify Your Field Expansion Projects
- (System Administration)
- ... reports to show both the scope and impact of changes. The information includes high?level summary statistics, project cost estimates, and details about each line of source code (CMD, DDS, RPG, RPG ILE, ...
- Created on 17 February 2011
- 1707. An Open-Source DB2 SQL Graphical Tool That You Can Use for All Your Databases
- (SQL)
- Install SQuirreL SQL client to run interactive SQL on your IBM i. Written by Tom Snyder As you start using embedded SQL more frequently within your RPG code, you'll soon find that your SQL statements ...
- Created on 15 February 2011
- 1708. Build Snappy Web Apps with HTML, DHTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- (Web Languages)
- ... and the Document Object Model (DOM) glued together by HTML. The HTML can be "hand coded," but in most cases, it's generated by a script or programming language like PHP, Java, .NET, or RPG. You might ...
- Created on 08 February 2011
- 1709. Try IBM Modernization Tools in the Cloud
- (Development Tools / Utilities)
- ... this page.) Scripted, hands-on exercises you can try in the Sandbox Exercise instructions (in pdf) Products used in the exercise Explore RPG and COBOL development using ...
- Created on 08 February 2011
- 1710. Technology Focus: SOA Tools for IBM i: Quaffing the Bubbly
- (Development Tools)
- ... for products or services, be sure to check the MC Press Online Buyer's Guide. SOA Architecture Tools for IBM i ASNA Visual RPG for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET ASNA ASNA Visual RPG (AVR) is a version ...
- Created on 06 February 2011
- 1711. ASNA Wings Now Shipping
- (Trends)
- Users impressed at how quickly and inexpensively they can modernize RPG application portfolios with Wings, says ASNA president. ASNA today announced the availability of ASNA Wings, the company' ...
- Created on 06 February 2011
- 1712. Innovative ASNA Wings Is Now Shipping
- (Development Tools / Utilities)
- Users impressed at how quickly and inexpensively they can modernize RPG application portfolios with Wings, says ASNA president. ASNA today announced the availability of ASNA Wings, the company' ...
- Created on 06 February 2011
- 1713. Practical Web: How Hard Are Web Languages, Anyway?
- (Web Languages)
- ... browser-based user interface, the Windows crowd is going to demand a GUI solution. That means the business logic starts migrating away from RPG. Not long after that, the database itself follows, and it' ...
- Created on 01 February 2011
- 1714. Do You Use an ALIAS?
- (RPG)
- ... names as externally described files in RPG, we get stuck with the short and sometimes cryptic names as subfields. Thankfully, in 7.1, there is a new keyword to tell the RPG compiler and SQL precompiler ...
- Created on 01 February 2011
- 1715. Do You Use an ALIAS?
- (RPG)
- ... names as externally described files in RPG, we get stuck with the short and sometimes cryptic names as subfields. Thankfully, in 7.1, there is a new keyword to tell the RPG compiler and SQL precompiler ...
- Created on 01 February 2011
- 1716. Arizona IBM i Professional Creates New Company Focused on High Availability
- (High Availability / Disaster Recovery)
- ... including AS/400 since 1988, specializing in RPG/400 and RPG IV. He formed CLC Systems, Inc. after serving as director of Application Development and Systems Engineer for two IBM business partner firms. ...
- Created on 30 January 2011
- 1717. Manta Offers IBM i Style Web Development Boot Camp
- (Certification / Training)
- ... your own Web documents using HTML, cascading style sheets, and JavaScript. From there, it shows how to create server-based applications using CGI programs written in RPG and how to use Ajax techniques ...
- Created on 28 January 2011
- 1718. The CL Corner: Still Copying Code Within a CL Program?
- (CL)
- ... And in case you're thinking, "I know all about subroutines, I've been using them for years in RPG," I'll just caution you that CL subroutines have a few features that RPG subroutines don't. So don't stop reading ...
- Created on 27 January 2011
- 1719. OCEAN Users Take Advantage of PHP Training
- (Analysis of News Events)
- Zend's Pavlak shows RPG developers how to utilize open-source CMS platforms to create a free company intranet. Written by Chris Smith With the new Power processors, many IBM i administrators are finding ...
- Created on 20 January 2011
- 1720. Oracle Drops the Ball with MySQL on the i. Will IBM or Zend Pick It Up and Run With It?
- (Analytics & Cognitive - Other)
- ... that RPG programmers have been struggling with GUI solutions on the i for a very long time, and there always seemed to be indecisiveness and complexity at every turn. We finally get a simple solution that ...
- Created on 18 January 2011
- 1721. The API Corner: Reducing the Use of Compile-Time Arrays
- (APIs)
- ... /copy qsysinc/qrpglesrc,qmhrtvm /copy qsysinc/qrpglesrc,qusec ...
- Created on 18 January 2011
- 1722. 2011 Highlights: Mobile Apps, PHP, and Cloud-Based Services
- (Commentary)
- ... MySQL and SQL Server, to enable consolidating data from different sources for presentation on the Web. Gradual improvement of RPG Open Access handlers and RPG OA technology to allow for automatic large ...
- Created on 16 January 2011
- 1723. IBM DB2 Web Query for i: New and Improved!
- (DB2)
- ... interfaces, such as the STRPCCMD command. So, for example, if you wanted to run a report from a 5250 application (written in CL and RPG) and have the results displayed immediately by launching the Web ...
- Created on 09 January 2011
- 1724. ASNA Wings Allows Simple Functional and Cosmetic Application Enhancements
- (Development Tools)
- Using IBM's Open Access: RPG Edition, Wings can identify, by field name, the various data elements— including indicators—in an application's display data stream. Written by Roger Pence Editor's Note: ...
- Created on 09 January 2011
- 1725. Practical RDPi: Navigating the Rational Product Sea
- (Development Tools)
- ... It's good to know that they exist, especially if your shop develops in those environments, but for the purposes of this article, we'll just stick with RDP configured with the IBM i-centric feature, the RPG ...
- Created on 04 January 2011
- 1726. Drive Batch Jobs with Ease!
- (RPG)
- Use logical files in the command input stream. Written by Junlei Li Batch job commands, such as Submit Database Jobs (SBMDBJOB) and Start Database Reader (STRDBRDR), allow programmers to submit batch ...
- Created on 04 January 2011
- 1727. ASNA Management Acquires Company in Buyout
- (Mergers / Acquisitions)
- The new company combines ASNA’s U.S.A.-based operations with ASNA International’s European-based sales and services. The management of ASNA International (Barcelona, Spain) and ASNA, Inc. (San Antonio, ...
- Created on 03 January 2011
- 1728. Power i Forecast: Web Services
- (General)
- ... with each other. In many cases, the end result will appear in a browser, but that doesn't have to be the case. A back-end RPG program can consume a Web service and perform functions on the data it receives ...
- Created on 02 January 2011
- 1729. Technology Focus: IBM i File and Program Editors Offer a "Power" Punch for Knocking Out App Project
- (Development Tools)
- ... floor of some cutting-edge editing technology. RPG-Alive Profound Logic Software The RPG-Alive product family consists of two solutions for editing and analyzing code on System i. RPG-Alive for ...
- Created on 19 December 2010
- 1730. What Is the Difference Between *OMIT and *NOPASS?
- (RPG)
- ... to export files to the IFS. This will allow us to easily export physical files with a simple line of code in our RPG programs. For our programs, we will use the QCMDEXC API to execute our command. ...
- Created on 14 December 2010
- 1731. The API Corner: Still Using Compile-Time Arrays?
- (APIs)
- ... descriptions of the order status is certainly time-proven (I've seen it in various forms of RPG for well over 30 years), it also irritates me (admittedly to a degree perhaps out of proportion, but an irritation ...
- Created on 14 December 2010
- 1732. Why Waste Money and Kill Trees When Using Spool File Management Best Practices Preserves Both?
- (Analysis of News Events)
- ... with Catapult to create a Web front-end to existing RPG report programs creating spool files. WebSmart brings up the existing report and activates Catapult commands that convert and distribute the spool ...
- Created on 02 December 2010
- 1733. Partner TechTip: Gain Control over Development Through Better IBM i Documentation
- (General)
- ... always been fairly easy to hire RPG or COBOL programmers to pick up a project where another developer left it. Of course, there's some ramp-up time while the new programmer learns the program and databas ...
- Created on 02 December 2010
- 1734. Implementing and Maintaining Your User Entry Point Table (UEPT)
- (RPG)
- ... programs—QGPL/PGMA, QGPL/PGMB, and QGPL/PGMC—that you want to store into your UEPT at offsets 0, 16, and 32, respectively. The following example ILE RPG program, filluept.rpgle, will add system pointers ...
- Created on 30 November 2010
- 1735. German Programmer Devises Novel Way to Access Any Remote DB from IBM i
- (Java)
- ... from another system to the AS/400 but not in the opposite direction," says Dieter Bender, an independent RPG programmer in Wettenberg, Germany. Bender has been active in the MC Press RPG Forums lately ...
- Created on 18 November 2010
- 1736. iTech Solutions Group Expands Offerings with UNIT4 CODA Financials
- (Channel News)
- ... with applications written in RPG, COBOL and/or Java can create real time interaction between those applications and CODA Financials using CODA Web services, all while running on one hardware platform. ...
- Created on 18 November 2010
- 1737. The API Corner: Removing Error Messages from the Job Log
- (APIs)
- ... the Change Physical File (CHGPF) command and then adding the required member using the Add Physical File Member (ADDPFM) command. Both of these commands were run by the RPG application program using the ...
- Created on 16 November 2010
- 1738. Technology Focus: More Tools for Putting Apps on the Web
- (Development Tools)
- ... New Web Apps on System i ANSA Visual RPG for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (AVR) ASNA—A Blue Phoenix Company AVR for .NET is an RPG compiler that integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio and lets developers ...
- Created on 14 November 2010
- 1739. Zend Heads into Open Arms of Developers and Large Enterprises Alike
- (Analysis of News Events)
- ... PHP toolkit code quickly Ability to call RPG/CL/COBOL programs, execute CL commands, retrieve spool file entries, and access data area, data queue, and user space But the newly released Zend Studio ...
- Created on 11 November 2010
- 1740. Practical SQL: SQLCOD and SQLSTT
- (SQL)
- ... item by 15 percent. Instead, the most often used construct in the embedded SQL toolkit is the cursor, which essentially provides a dynamically built logical file to your RPG program. And like any logical ...
- Created on 03 November 2010
- 1741. IBM Announces Rational Business Developer V8.0.1
- (Development Tools)
- ... in EGL ran two, three, four times as fast as those written natively in RPG or COBOL, or even Java, wouldn't programmers be just a little more interested in trying EGL for their next development project? ...
- Created on 29 October 2010
- 1742. The API Corner: More on Message Handling
- (APIs)
- ... system APIs. As part of that discussion, we've explored some of the ways your RPG program can remove error-related messages from the job log. Due to several notes that I have received on the topic of message ...
- Created on 20 October 2010
- 1743. TechTip: Creating PDF Files with PHP, Part II
- (Web Languages)
- ... ol' days of the RPG cycle with 1P and LR. Add more tricks to your FPDF toolbox and learn how to control "overflow" printing. In my last TechTip, I introduced you to FPDF. This time, I will dig ...
- Created on 15 October 2010
- 1744. LANSA Announces aXes Mobile for Wireless Access to 5250 Applications
- (Analysis of News Events)
- The tool allows easy access to existing RPG and COBOL applications while providing RPG and COBOL programmers a way to employ existing skills to build entirely new mobile solutions. Written by Chris Smith ...
- Created on 15 October 2010
- 1745. Renaissance Framework Gets a GUI Designer
- (Development Tools / Utilities)
- CoralTree Systems has announced the forthcoming availability of a new graphical designer component for the Renaissance Framework, the most popular Open Source RPG developer's tool-kit for the creation and ...
- Created on 13 October 2010
- 1746. ASNA Introduces New Wings Modernization Tool
- (Development Tools / Utilities)
- A member of the Monarch family of modernization products, Wings will use IBM's Open Access for RPG to create new user interfaces on existing green-screen applications. ASNA announced ASNA Wings ...
- Created on 07 October 2010
- 1747. Sometimes Programs and Procedures Want to Know: Who Am I?
- (RPG)
- ... here was implemented as an ILE RPG procedure called who_am_i. The basic goals are the following: To retrieve information about the program or procedure currently being called—including program, library, ...
- Created on 06 October 2010
- 1748. TechTip: Do You Know How to Use PHP Functions?
- (Web Languages)
- Before OO came along, functions were all we had! Written by Jeff Olen We RPG developers are still relatively new to the concept of functions. I say "relatively" because some of my readers are still ...
- Created on 01 October 2010
- 1749. Partner TechTip: You Want a Greener Approach to System i Reports and Printed Output
- (Document Management)
- ... they execute commands, like ESNDFILE, at the end of their RPG, COBOL, or CL process. Report Archiving You don't need an expensive System i solution to archive reports to media. ESEND provides a reliable, ...
- Created on 01 October 2010
- 1750. CODA Financials Released on IBM i 7.1
- (Enterprise Resource Planning / Financial)
- ... This means organizations with applications written in RPG, COBOL, and/or Java-based applications can create real time interaction between those applications and CODA Financials using CODA web services, ...
- Created on 28 September 2010