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301. TechTip: What's New in Free-Format RPG IV
(RPG)
  The Technical Refresh 7 (TR7) and PTFs are now available.   Written by Jim Martin   Last October, IBM announced big changes in free-format RPG IV, to be available in late November. If you are ...
Created on 02 January 2014
302. Using ASNA Mobile RPG to Create a Mobile App
(Development Tools)
  ASNA Mobile RPG puts mobile programming capabilities easily in the hands of RPG programmers using nothing but RPG!   Written by Roger Pence   ASNA Mobile RPG is a product that empowers RPG ...
Created on 17 December 2013
303. RPG 2013/12/18 Advertorial
(MC RPG Developer)
ASNA Solutions RPG Mobile apps. ASNA Mobile RPG enables your RPG team to create great mobile apps using only ILE RPG. Browser UI for RPG. ASNA Wings creates a superb browser-based alternative UI ...
Created on 17 December 2013
304. Book Review: Functions in Free-Format RPG IV
(RPG)
This one short volume manages to essentially be both a general introduction and a detailed reference. Written by Joe Pluta With Functions in Free-Format RPG IV, Jim Martin has done it again. Jim has ...
Created on 12 December 2013
305. RPG & DB2 Summit Goes to Dallas in March 2014
(Certification / Training)
Features 2013 sell-out "RSE/RDP/RDi Hands-On Workshop" System i Developer, the consortium of top educators on IBM i development technologies, today opens registration for the next RPG & DB2 Summit, ...
Created on 12 December 2013
306. Hello RPG, Goodbye DDS. looksoftware Announces Open Display Files.
(Other Industry Solutions)
looksoftware announces Open Display Files, a breakthrough technology that solves the limitations of RPG, by replacing restrictive DDS with an open-standards based XML format. looksoftware announces ...
Created on 12 December 2013
307. TechTip: Dip Your RPG Toe into the JavaScript Framework Pool
(Web Languages)
... from applying to IBM i as well. That is to say, RPG developers can be part of this party too!   But if you're like most RPG developers, you probably spend the majority of your time focused on back-end ...
Created on 05 December 2013
308. Practical RPG: Data in the Cloud, Part 1
(RPG)
  The cloud has become ever more ubiquitous, but with so many choices it's hard to know what fits your business; this article will help you begin to sort through things. Written by Joe Pluta Cloud-based ...
Created on 03 December 2013
309. Practical RPG: Technology Refresh 7 First Look
(RPG)
... for various parts of the IBM i operating system, and in coming articles I plan to cover as many of them as possible. But since the focus of today's article is RPG, it makes sense to stick with the enhancements ...
Created on 05 November 2013
310. Linoma's RPG Toolbox 5.0 Converts More Specifications to Free-For
(Other Industry Solutions)
Linoma Software  announces the upcoming version 5.0 release of RPG Toolbox, which converts additional RPG specifications to the new free-form syntax available with the IBM V7R1 technology refresh. Linoma ...
Created on 18 October 2013
311. In the Wheelhouse: RPG Goes Free-Format and DB2 for i Does Big Data Better
(Analysis of News Events)
With IBM i 7.1 TR7, the big news is that RPG is finally free from any remaining shackles of fixed-format code. Plus, IBM commits $1 billion to Linux on Power Systems. Written by Steve Pitcher  ...
Created on 07 October 2013
312. Practical RPG: BIFs and Expressions
(RPG)
...  I/O operations have been enhanced greatly in RPG and especially in RPG /free. A couple of the real time-savers are the %fields extension to update and write operations and the key field list in the ...
Created on 02 October 2013
313. IBM's Ian Jarman to Share Insider Stories as RPG & DB2 Summit Keynote ...
(Certification / Training)
System i Developer, the consortium of top educators on IBM i development technologies, announced that prominent IBM i enthusiast Ian Jarman will keynote the upcoming RPG & DB2 Summit. System i Developer, ...
Created on 21 September 2013
314. RPG & DB2 Summit Expands Room Block and RSE Workshop Capacity
(Certification / Training)
System i Developer, the consortium of top educators on IBM i development technologies, today announces that it has expanded by 50% the conference room block at the Hotel Sofitel for the next RPG & DB2 ...
Created on 27 August 2013
315. The API Corner: Monitoring a Job Queue from an RPG Application Program
(APIs)
... system, enabled us to become aware of newly submitted jobs to a job queue and automate the release of those jobs. This month, we'll provide that level of automation, and a bit more, using an RPG program. ...
Created on 17 July 2013
316. Cool Things: ILE RPG as a Web Services Client
(RPG)
Use IBM's Web Services Client for ILE to consume a web service in an ILE RPG program. Written by Mike Faust Web services serve many purposes—from utilizing external web services for things like retrieving ...
Created on 21 June 2013
317. RPG IV Style: Free-Format Syntax
(RPG)
If you use the free-format specification, good standards will result automatically. Written by Bryan Meyers and Jim Buck Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from the book Programming in RPG IV, ...
Created on 19 June 2013
318. Practical RPG: BLOBs, CLOBs, and XML Part 2
(RPG)
You want to use LOBs in your RPG program but don't know where to start; read this article to find out how! Written by Joe Pluta In the first article in this series, I identified situations where it ...
Created on 05 June 2013
319. Access Database Files Dynamically in RPG
(RPG)
... written in IBM i high-level languages (HLLs) such as RPG are bound to files they access statically, or in other words, at compile time. However, in VRM610, RPG was enhanced to allow passing files as parameters ...
Created on 05 June 2013
320. ASNA Ships ASNA Wings 6.1 and ASNA Mobile RPG 6.1
(Other Industry Solutions)
ASNA Wings 6.1 provides a fast, easy, modern alternative to traditional 5250 IBM i character-based displays. ASNA Mobile RPG 6.1 empowers RPG programmers to create mobile applications for smartphones and ...
Created on 30 May 2013
321. ASNA Ships ASNA Wings 6.1 and ASNA Mobile RPG 6.1
(Development Tools / Utilities)
ASNA Wings 6.1 provides a fast, easy, modern alternative to traditional 5250 IBM i character-based displays. ASNA Mobile RPG 6.1 empowers RPG programmers to create mobile applications for smartphones and ...
Created on 30 May 2013
322. PHP for RPG Programmers: Variables, Arrays, and Functions
(Web Languages)
... with a dollar sign ($). The next character must be alpha or underscore, not numeric. If you're familiar with RPG, you're used to defining the variable before you use it. You indicate the size and type ...
Created on 15 May 2013
323. Practical RPG: BLOBs, CLOBs, and XML Part 1
(RPG)
... up colliding in a way that led me to do a lot of research on using Large Objects (LOBs) in my RPG programs. While they require a little bit of extra up-front investment, LOBs provide a way to integrate ...
Created on 01 May 2013
324. Practical RPG: Flexible Parameters, Part 3
(RPG)
As we move to service programs, OPM RPG programs get left out in the cold, but creative parameter use can keep them in the mix until you get a chance to convert them. Written by Joe Pluta Encapsulating ...
Created on 05 March 2013
325. Practical RPG: Flexible Parameters, Part 2
(RPG)
... Don't be alarmed; that's working around an RPG convention. Traditionally, all names in RPG are uppercase, so when a procedure is exported, RPG converts the name to all uppercase. Being all spiffy and modern ...
Created on 05 February 2013
326. March 2013 RPG & DB2 Summit to Feature New "Keep Your i on the Data" Roadmap ...
(Certification / Training)
System i Developer, the consortium of top educators on IBM i development technologies, announces open registration and a new session roadmap, Keep Your i on the Data, for the next RPG & DB2 Summit conference, ...
Created on 10 January 2013
327. Practical RPG: Flexible Parameters, Part 1
(RPG)
... of the built-in features of RPG. As we write more modular code, flexible parameter passing becomes ever more important, and this is the first article to address the nuances of the subject.   In ...
Created on 01 January 2013
328. TechTip: BLOBs: Don't Run! Embrace Them with RPG
(RPG)
There's no need to be afraid. Learn how to use RPG to load and extract binary data to and from DB2 BLOB columns. Written by Gene Cobb While vampires and zombies are all the rage these days, menacing ...
Created on 06 December 2012
329. Practical RPG: Looping with BIFs
(RPG)
... loop in RPG, you've almost certainly used this technique. The only tricky part is remembering where to put the indicator: for the CHAIN it's positions 71 and 72 while for the READE it's positions 74 and 75 ...
Created on 04 December 2012
330. Reuse Your RPG Code with SQL User-Defined Functions
(RPG)
... that information was not in a table in our system, but rather was calculated by an RPGLE program and returned as a parameter when the program was called with the warehouse ID and the item location. Because ...
Created on 20 November 2012
331. ASNA Mobile RPG Makes Every RPG Programmer a Mobile Programmer!
(Other Industry Solutions)
ASNA is proud to announce ASNA  Mobile RPG.  Mobile RPG (MR) enables IBM i programmers to create  powerful mobile applications with ILE RPG.   ASNA is proud to announce ASNA Mobile RPG. Mobile RPG ...
Created on 08 November 2012
332. PHP and RPG: Together at Last
(RPG)
... interfacing your PHP scripts with your RPG programs. We generally don't think about this first, only when we have a fancy old screen (page) ready in PHP and our RPG program to process the data entered ...
Created on 17 October 2012
333. Practical RPG: RPG and IBM WebSphere MQ
(RPG)
WebSphere MQ is IBM's flagship product for providing reliable inter-platform messaging, and accessing MQ from RPG is easy once you understand the techniques. Written by Joe Pluta I have a hard time ...
Created on 03 October 2012
334. Practical RPG: Queuing, Part III: Display Files, Output Queues, and the Alert Function
(RPG)
Data queues are an integral part of the operating system of the IBM i. This article shows you how data queues can extend the functionality of system objects you use every day. Written by Joe Pluta In ...
Created on 05 September 2012
335. The CL Corner: A CL-Based Implementation of RPG Built-in %Check
(CL)
Find characters that don't belong! Written by Bruce Vining I recently received the following from Wayne R.: "I use RPG's %CHECK function to check if any characters are not valid. Is there something similar ...
Created on 31 August 2012
336. Practical RPG: Queuing, Part II: Keyed Data Queues
(RPG)
While using a queue can be as simple as write and read, sometimes you need a little extra, and that's where keyed data queues come in. Written by Joe Pluta On the IBM i, it's easy to create a physical ...
Created on 01 August 2012
337. How PHP Will Change Things for RPG Developers
(RPG)
Some knowledge of PHP is becoming a requirement for the debonair, sophisticated, man-about-town RPG programmer. Written by David Shirey Welcome to the second installment about PHP. Nobody can dispute ...
Created on 18 July 2012
338. October RPG and DB2 Summit to Address Increasing Need to Justify IT Education
(Certification / Training)
Summit to offer updated curriculum including RPG and the Web, XML, and Web services. System i Developer, a consortium of educators on IBM i development technologies, has announced new content for the ...
Created on 17 July 2012
339. Create Web and Mobile Apps with RPG Using SmartPad4i
(Development Tools)
... in RPG programs while giving users a fast and flexible mobile experience has been challenging the best minds in the industry. IBM had vision for where things might be headed when it released Rational Open ...
Created on 13 July 2012
340. RPG Isn't Dead, but Where Is it Headed
(RPG)
The immense popularity of PHP is exhilarating, but who will maintain the huge investment in RPG programs? Written by Chris Smith The second Zend Developer Pulse survey on PHP was released this week, ...
Created on 29 June 2012
341. ASNA Wings 5.2 Gives Your RPG Applications the User Interface They Deserve
(RPG)
Rational Open Access for RPG Edition may be the most important thing IBM has ever done for its midrange platform. Written by Roger Pence The green-screen, character-based user interface has been the ...
Created on 20 June 2012
342. Practical RPG: Queuing, Part I: Data Queues
(RPG)
One of the most basic functions of inter-process communication is the use of the queue. This first queuing article will introduce the simplest of the IBM i queuing mechanisms, the data queue. Written ...
Created on 06 June 2012
343. Being a Better RPG Programmer
(RPG)
What skills should an RPG programmer have besides knowledge of basic RPG? Written by Jim Staton Recently, I had the opportunity to interview candidates for a programming position at our company. I ...
Created on 16 May 2012
344. Profound Logic Blasts the Myths Surrounding Rational Open Access: RPG Edition
(RPG)
...  There has been an air of mystery and, thus, skepticism surrounding RPG Open Access since IBM introduced it in April 2010 with the release of IBM i 7.1. The program, officially known as Rational Open ...
Created on 16 May 2012
345. RPG IV and a New Approach to Control-Break Processing
(RPG)
Essentially, what's old is new again! Written by Jim Martin Those of us who used the RPG cycle and L1, L2, etc. for control-break processing remember how slick it was. Very few lines of code were needed, ...
Created on 02 May 2012
346. COMMON Launches New ILE RPG Certification Credential
(Certification / Training)
... as part of its COMMON Certification Program—COMMON Certified Application Developer—ILE RPG on IBM i on Power.  After assessing, and ultimately discovering, need within the community for an updated certification ...
Created on 01 May 2012
347. QuickLook: RJS Software's RPG2SQL Integrator V1.5
(General)
Read and write to SQL databases and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets from RPG. Written by RJS Software RPG2SQL Integrator closes the gap between applications running on different platforms by allowing ...
Created on 20 April 2012
348. Practical RPG: New Open-Source EGL Tools for RPG Developers
(RPG)
... I think Plone has more user groups than the IBM i. Okay, Then Where Should I Focus My Time? Or perhaps the question is, "What will make me most productive as an RPG programmer?" See, I don't want to ...
Created on 04 April 2012
349. Robert S. Tipton to Keynote RPG and DB2 Summit
(Channel News)
... has announced that renowned author, speaker, and change-facilitator Robert S. Tipton will deliver the keynote address at noon to attendees at the RPG & DB2 Summit March 26 in Fort Worth, Texas, at the ...
Created on 23 February 2012
350. PTFs Available Soon to Allow RPG Open Access to Run License Free
(Development Tools / Utilities)
Rational Open Access: RPG Edition technology will be moved into Rational Development Studio for i To more strongly encourage the adoption of the technology of Rational Open Access: RPG Edition and ...
Created on 13 February 2012