Desktop Guide to RPG/400


Desktop Guide to RPG/400 provides a variety of RPG templates, subroutines, and copy modules, sprinkled with evangelical advice, that will help you write robust and effective RPG/400 programs. Highlights of the information provided include string-handling routines, numeric editing routines, date routines, error-handling modules, tips for using OS/400 APIs with RPG/400, and interactive programming techniques.

<*dv_1*> This book is intended for the RPG programmer who wants to write better, faster, and more effective programs. A beginning to moderate level of RPG experience is assumed. The Desktop Guide doesn't spend much time explaining RPG concepts -- it assumes a conversational familiarity with them. For example, while code is provided to use the file - feedback areas, a thorough discussion of the feedback areas themselves isn't provided.

The code provided in this book is intended to "plug and play" with your existing RPG and will also integrate well with your new RPG/400 projects. For all types of RPG projects, this book's tested and ready-to-run building blocks will easily snap into your RPG. The programming solutions provided here would otherwise take you days or even weeks to write and test.

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Wayne Madden's indispensable guide for novice to intermediate programmers and system operators is now available in a much expanded second edition. With 15 all-new and 8 updated chapters, it's a valuable, proven resource to help you learn basic concepts and nuances of the AS/400. Same price as the original! Easy to understand, great for training classes and personal use. Make your job easier and increase your comfort level working on the AS/400.

CONTENTS
Before the Power Is On That Important First Session Access Made Easy Public Authorities Installing a New Release Introduction to PTFs Getting Your Message Across User to User Secrets of a Message Shortstop Print Files and Job Logs Understanding Output Queues The V2R2 Output Queue Monitor AS/400 Disk Storage Cleanup All Aboard the OS/400 Job Scheduler! Keeping Up With the Past AS/400 Save and Restore Basics Backup Without Downtime Defining a Subsystem Where Jobs Come From Demystifying Routing File Structures File Overrides Logical Files File Sharing CL Programming: Youre Stylin Now! CL Programming: The Classics CL Programs and Database Files CL Programs and Display Files OPNQRYF Fundamentals Teaching Programs to Talk Just Between Us Programs Hello, Any Messages? OS/400 Commands OS/400 Data Areas

Desktop Guide to DDS


Get quick, at-your-fingertips information about all DDS keywords for physical, logical, display, printer, and ICP files. Each keyword is briefly explained, with syntax rules and examples showing how to code the keyword. All the basic and pertinent information is provided for quick and easy access. An easy alternative to IBM's bulky DDS Reference manual. Optional online Windows help diskette available.

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Desktop Guide to CL Programming


This guide is packed with notes, short explanations, practical tips, and CL code segments that you can use in your own CL programming. Here you'll easily find answers to most of your everyday questions about CL. A complete "short reference" lists every command and explains the most-often-used ones, along with the names of the files they use and the MONMSG messages to use with them. Optional online Windows help diskette available.

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IBM has extended the AS/400 into the world of electronic business (e-business) with a totally new generation of AS/400e systems and servers. The functions and capabilities of these new offerings uniquely position the AS/400e series for the next millennium.
The first edition of Inside the AS/400 set a new standard for AS/400 books with a behind-the-scenes look at the AS/400’s design, architecture, and history - and at some of the people behind the scenes who created this remarkable system for you. This second edition continues the tradition with an insider’s look at the newest AS/400e series.
Whether you are an executive looking for a high-level overview or a bit-twiddling techie who wants all the details, Dr. Frank G. Soltis, IBM’s AS/400 chief architect, demystifies this system, shedding light on how it came to be, how it can do the things it does, and what its future may hold.
Included are detailed looks at the AS/400’s advanced application architecture technology-independent machine interface

<*dv_5*> RISC hardware implementations
objects and object management
integrated database
security and authorization
single-level store
process management
I/O system
<*dv_3*> e-business computing capabilities
future in the 21st century
Simply, Inside the AS/400, Second Edition is written for those who want to learn more about all of the AS/400 systems from someone who knows. Is it magic, or just good design? After reading this book, perhaps you will agree that it’s a little of both.
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Desktop Guide to CL Programming


<*dv_4*> The "how-to" behind the primary programming tools available on the AS/400. This Guide can serve as a primer for novice AS/400 programmers and as a valuable reference for those with years of experience. Both will appreciate the time-saving tips and techniques and the reference for the new tools available with Version 3 of OS/400. Tools covered: SEU, PDM, SDA, RLU, FCMU (new in V3R1), and ISDB (new in V3R1). Optional online Windows help diskette available.

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