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2201. IBM Rational Embraces System i
(Development Tools)
... and technologies such as SOA. Rational will embrace your existing RPG- and COBOL-based systems, helping you to leverage existing code and meet the demands for new facilities and technologies to meet ...
Created on 30 July 2006
2202. The Latest System i Announcements: A Closer Look
(Analysis of News Events)
... for PHP applications that supports native access to DB2/400 and i5/OS data queues. Zend Core for i5/OS includes code for linking PHP scripts to RPG and COBOL applications. The second product, Zend Studio ...
Created on 23 July 2006
2203. IBM System i Initiative for Innovation
(General)
... in DB2, RPG, COBOL, and other business applications running on i5/OS. It will also make available thousands of existing PHP-based solutions and millions of skilled PHP developers.These new relationships ...
Created on 20 July 2006
2204. It's Time to Get out of the Stone Ag
(RPG)
It's IT managers who are the problem, not programmers.Using RPG III today makes me feel like I'm back in the Stone Age of programming. In fact, I think virtually all of today's prejudice against RPG comes ...
Created on 18 July 2006
2205. IBM Is Having a Sale!
(Analysis of News Events)
... Hopefully, they'll be replaced with other configurations and continued into the future. Bob Cozzi is a programmer/consultant, writer/author, and software developer of the RPG xTools, a popular add-on ...
Created on 18 July 2006
2206. Weaving WebSphere: The (Open) World of CMS
(Development Tools)
... (remember, don't call them J2EE any more; it's Java EE 5!). More and more, we'll have to use applications that have little or no direct access to either RPG or even our beloved DB2 database. Instead, they'l ...
Created on 18 July 2006
2207. Tech Tip: Pass the Parameters
(RPG)
... exactly. This style is not only the style used by non-prototyped program calls but is actually the default used by ILE RPG. Therefore, this is the style that is used if no parameter passing style is explicitly ...
Created on 13 July 2006
2208. Zend Brings PHP to IBM's i5/O
(Web Languages)
... and programs written in RPG, CL, and COBOL. Zend Core is gradually filling this gap in the following ways: Beta V2 (early July 2006) will have a "bridge" to RPG, CL, and other i5/OS native program ...
Created on 11 July 2006
2209. Application Server Architectures
(Application Servers)
... servers—Non-certified and J2EE certified Common Gateway Interface (CGI)—RPG and other languages Microsoft .NET Other options Java-Based Web Application Architectures Let's start off with a disclaimer: ...
Created on 11 July 2006
2210. Product Review: ARTech's GeneXu
(Product Reviews)
... of operating systems—including OS/400, i5/OS, Linux, UNIX, and Windows—and databases—including DB2 UDB, Informix, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL. GeneXus generates Java, C#, C/SQL, COBOL, RPG, ...
Created on 05 July 2006
2211. Tips and Techniques: EXTFILE and EXTMBR
(RPG)
Specify the name of the file, library, and member to be opened at runtime.Using the OVRDBF command to change a member name or point an RPG IV database file at a file in another library has been practiced ...
Created on 04 July 2006
2212. Command Prompting 101
(CL)
Calling programs with parameters gets easier.Have you ever called an RPG or CL program from a command entry program, passed parameters to it, and had a problem receiving the parameter's data? This problem ...
Created on 04 July 2006
2213. TechTip: Validating HTML Forms with Message Subfiles
(Web Languages)
... Sheets (CSS), and a CGI-RPG program. If you think this sounds interesting, please read on.The CGI-RPG program is about 650 lines and because I have limited space here, I will not go into detail about every ...
Created on 29 June 2006
2214. Is It Time for Free-Format?
(RPG)
I'm beginning to be willing to give it more of a chance.There are two primary reasons that I've not been a strong advocate for the free-format RPG IV syntax that was introduced with OS/400 V5R1: Most people ...
Created on 20 June 2006
2215. Time Is Running Out
(RPG)
... There is also an occasional reference to system *DTS format. The problem you have as an RPG IV programmer is that this format cannot be easily converted to a true RPG-style timestamp (Z data type) or ...
Created on 20 June 2006
2216. Product Review: BCD's WebSmar
(Product Reviews)
... process to create Web programs, a repository for business and presentation rules and database relations, and legacy code conversion tools to help migrate existing RPG logic and display file DDS to Web ...
Created on 14 June 2006
2217. The Linux Letter: Open Source Meets the Phone System
(Linux / Open Source)
... ones (like the RPG programs of old). Asterisk@Home Let's assume that you are interested in Asterisk, that you can see some potential places where it might be useful to you, but that you are uninterested ...
Created on 13 June 2006
2218. TechTip: Meet a Powerhouse BIF: %replace!
(RPG)
The %replace BIF is loaded with character-string functions.Built-in functions are becoming common in the world of RPG IV programming, especially since the advent of free-format RPG. BIFs %eof and %found ...
Created on 08 June 2006
2219. Simplified RC4 or AES Encryption
(IBM i (OS/400, i5/OS))
... is available for free download at rpgiv.com/downloads. Here's how to do RC4 encryption using Qc3EncryptData and Qc3DecryptData:      H BNDDIR('QC2LE')      H DFTACTGRP(*NO)      H OPTION(*NODEBUGIO:*SRCSTMT) ...
Created on 06 June 2006
2220. TechTip: Retrieve Multiple Result Sets from a Stored Procedure
(General)
...  Incidentally, while this sample stored procedure is written in SQL, the same thing can be accomplished by writing stored procedures in a high-level language such as RPG or COBOL using embedded SQL.So ...
Created on 25 May 2006
2221. High Availability: Designing for iSeries Journaling
(IBM i (OS/400, i5/OS))
... to be canceled in process if the user feels the transaction is erroneous. There are numerous methods to take advantage of commitment control within i5/OS, including using SQL-based applications, RPG, COBOL, ...
Created on 23 May 2006
2222. Get a Clear Picture of Your Database
(System Administration)
... of Re-engineering RPG Legacy Applications and The Programmer's Guide to iSeries Navigator as well as the self-teach course “iSeries Navigator for Programmers.” He is also one of the quoted industry experts ...
Created on 23 May 2006
2223. Data Structure Templates
(RPG)
...      C                   endif      C                   endfor In this example, the CGI functions included free in RPG xTools are used to extract data from an HTML Web page. Assuming an online shopping ...
Created on 16 May 2006
2224. If You Can Read This...
(IBM i (OS/400, i5/OS))
it's not encrypted.This week at RPG World in Las Vegas, nearly 200 attendees are upgrading their skills, learning new techniques, hearing about the direction of RPG and System i5, and connecting with their ...
Created on 16 May 2006
2225. Weaving WebSphere: AIRPort Now Arriving
(Development Tools)
... you'll see that there is nothing in the AIRPort Model I approach specific to JSP as opposed to RPG-CGI or PHP. In fact, you can easily use a combination of these techniques as needed (the only issue being ...
Created on 16 May 2006
2226. System i5 Gains Integration and Collaboration Offerings
(Analysis of News Events)
... goodies. The release includes XML parsers that iSeries developers can embed in their RPG, COBOL, C, and C++ applications. It also sports an Extensible Style Language (XSL) transformer that translates XML ...
Created on 14 May 2006
2227. Women in IT Speak Out
(General)
... to the science and math fields and decided in high school, where she was already learning RPG, that she wanted to be a programmer. She was one of the few women she knew who had these interests. "I always ...
Created on 14 May 2006
2228. TechTip: Debugging CGI Programs
(RPG)
Do it with either the Apache Web server or the original AS/400 HTTP Web server.This TechTip will show you how to debug CGI programs in a green-screen environment. Before we start, I expect a few things ...
Created on 11 May 2006
2229. Collaboration: Portal and AJAX
(Web Languages)
... are Java programs that run in a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), while CGI programs are any other language (Perl, PHP, RPG, Python, you name it). "But what about JavaServer Pages (JSPs)?" you ask. ...
Created on 09 May 2006
2230. V5R4 SQL Enhancements
(SQL)
... ILE RPG. In this article, we'll explore these changes and see how they'll make your life easier. Special Registers and Scalar and Aggregate Functions In V5R4, a new set of functions has been added to ...
Created on 09 May 2006
2231. Product Review: BOSaNOVA Launcher/400
(Product Reviews)
... with all OS/400 and i5/OS versions since V4R2 and works with all iSeries programming languages, including, among others, RPG, CL, COBOL, and C, as well as 4GLs. It also supports all standard SQL commands, ...
Created on 08 May 2006
2232. AJAX: The Java Killer?
(Web Languages)
The king is dead; long live the king.I recently wrote an article on Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) as it applies to the iSeries and RPG. Since then, I've been researching AJAX to the extent that ...
Created on 02 May 2006
2233. Computer Naming for Dummies
(Commentary)
... I am certainly no whiz when it comes to product naming myself, although I think I did come up with some good ones over the years, including Visual RPG, Midrange, Q38, iSockets, and RPG xTools. However, ...
Created on 02 May 2006
2234. TechTip: System Catalogs
(RPG)
Once you understand them, programming becomes simpler.A system catalog is essentially a database file that i5/OS maintains behind the scenes and then uses to track objects and other information on the ...
Created on 27 April 2006
2235. Weaving WebSphere: EGL Revisited
(Development Tools)
...  I also want to attach directly to a DB2 database on the System i as well as call RPG programs, all of which require a bit more setup than in the tutorial. No Language Is an Island Well, they shouldn ...
Created on 25 April 2006
2236. Tips and Techniques: Use JOBDs to Store Library Lists
(RPG)
... subprocedure in RPG xTools for a few years, but I never thought about using the JOBD object as a storage media for library lists. This concept works perfectly in practice. Create a job description and ...
Created on 18 April 2006
2237. Copying Data to MS Excel
(Microsoft)
... can be integrated into RPG IV, provided you have strong Java and RPG IV subprocedure/prototyping skills. If you're a hacker and can decipher MS technical specifications, consider looking at the OpenOffice ...
Created on 18 April 2006
2238. The System i Strategy for New Customers
(Commentary)
... traditional System i developer community. Many traditional System i programmers would prefer to see RPG given a new name as a scripting language and have IBM actively develop and promote the language ...
Created on 09 April 2006
2239. Tips and Techniques: Converting Subroutines to Subprocedures
(RPG)
The trickiest part to writing subprocedures is just getting started.(Author's Note: This technique came from On-Line Streaming Video RPG IV Training, where you can find more tips like this one.) One barrier ...
Created on 04 April 2006
2240. Case Study: Linoma Software's Surveyor/40
(Case Studies)
... for doing all of the necessary RPG, Visual Basic, and Web server programming, including all of the enterprise programming on the more than 30 servers—both iSeries and other platforms—that the company has. ...
Created on 04 April 2006
2241. Piracy, Bootlegging, and Copying
(Commentary)
... I love the System i5 market, and specifically I love all the cool inventions one can create with RPG IV and OS/400 APIs. This is an exciting platform, no matter what those Linux weenies say. If IBM gave ...
Created on 04 April 2006
2242. TechTip: The Call Hierarchy View in WDSC
(Development Tools)
Every day, it seems I learn new features of WDSC, and almost immediately I wonder how I was able to live without some of them. Today's example is a fairly obscure little piece of Java coding magic. RPG ...
Created on 23 March 2006
2243. Oh, Those Pesky Character Sets
(RPG)
But finally, there's a solution. Did you know that national language support, or character sets (CCSIDs), behave differently than you might expect? If you have an RPG IV source member that you compile ...
Created on 14 March 2006
2244. Tips and Techniques: Encrypting Text
(RPG)
You have multiple methods to choose from.Encrypting data in RPG IV is becoming more and more necessary. IBM supplies two methods for encrypting text: The CIPHER MI instruction—This instruction has been ...
Created on 14 March 2006
2245. TechTip: Constants Are Your Friends
(RPG)
The question is when, where, and how to use them.In that past few weeks, I have had several (sometimes heated) discussions regarding constants. Mostly, the discussions have revolved around when and how ...
Created on 09 March 2006
2246. Converting Between Character Sets
(RPG)
... than the one used by QtqIconvOpen. iconv() converts data. iconv_close() destroys the conversion environment. QtqIconvOpen creates a conversion environment using a more RPG-friendly conversion ...
Created on 28 February 2006
2247. iSockets for Web Services
(General)
Easily call CGI and Web services from within RPG IV with iSockets and the XML-INTO opcode.With the advent of V5R4, RPG IV can be used to do basic parsing of XML natively. The new XML-INTO opcode, while ...
Created on 28 February 2006
2248. The Excitement and the Challenge of Marketing i5
(Commentary)
... does teach RPG skills because we still have a big "custom base" of clients that have custom RPG applications and who are looking for skills to keep upgrading those applications. But we teach both RPG and ...
Created on 26 February 2006
2249. TechTip: What Are Model Files?
(CL)
... to eliminate the CL driver program altogether. Consider this RPG F-spec that uses DSPOBJD's model file QADSPOBJ: FQADSPOBJ  IF   E           K disk    extfile('QTEMP/QADSPOBJ') usropn The RPG compiler ...
Created on 23 February 2006
2250. Product Review: BCD's WebSmar
(Product Reviews)
... (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, etc.) and the server-side component (a robust programming environment that uses a language similar to free-format RPG for writing your application logic). In addition, the ...
Created on 22 February 2006