Rpg Iv By Example
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RPG IV by Example
Covering all areas of RPG programming, this book goes beyond explaining the differences between RPG III and RPG IV. The authors provide practical application examples to illustrate RPG IV's new capabilities. New features and functions include new specifications; date, time, timestamp, and pointer data types; built-in functions, free-form expressions, new keywords, and new operations. Examples also show how to improve programming efficiency in RPG IV. RPG IV by Example focuses on application situations familiar to experienced programmers. RPG IV by Example is an invaluable coach for any RPG programmer at any experience level. Longtime programmers will find out how RPG IV lets you continue to take advantage of tried-and-true methods while adopting important timesaving capabilities. RPG newcomers will learn from examples how to create RPG IV applications. The emphasis is on practical solutions that programmers need every day. The authors integrate this information into 15 chapters featuring discussions of data definition, database file processing, arithmetic and move operations, indicator functions, structured programming, array and table processing, pointer functions, and ILE and non-ILE program calls.
RPG IV Programming on the AS/400
This book is dedicated RPG IV Programming language and the AS/400 environment. The book includes over 60 compiled RPG IV listings documented with a line by line explanation of the instructions and or annotated comments. The author has included over 500 figures and he addresses other important AS/400 software with separate appendices for SEU, PDM, DFU, SDA and interactive debugging. Every chapter includes a summary, review questions, and programming assignments.
Who Knew You Could Do That with RPG IV? Modern RPG for the Modern Programmer
Application development is a key part of IBM® i businesses. The IBM i operating system is a modern, robust platform to create and develop applications. The RPG language has been around for a long time, but is still being transformed into a modern business language. This IBM Redbooks® publication is focused on helping the IBM i development community understand the modern RPG language. The world of application development has been rapidly changing over the past years. The good news is that IBM i has been changing right along with it, and has made significant changes to the RPG language. This book is intended to help developers understand what modern RPG looks like and how to move from older versions of RPG to a newer, modern version. Additionally, it covers the basics of Integrated Language Environment® (ILE), interfacing with many other languages, and the best tools for doing development on IBM i. Using modern tools, methodologies, and languages are key to continuing to stay relevant in today's world. Being able to find the right talent for your company is key to your continued success. Using the guidelines and principles in this book can help set you up to find that talent today and into the future. This publication is the result of work that was done by IBM, industry experts, business partners, and some of the original authors of the first edition of this book. This information is important not only for developers, but also business decision makers (CIO for example) to understand that the IBM i is not an 'old' system. IBM i has modern languages and tools. It is a matter of what you choose to do with the IBM i that defines its age.