RPG IV Hits Its Stride -
Pam Jones explains that the need to modernize legacy applications has made many in the AS/400 community take a new look at RPG IV.
Silicon-on-Insulator: A New Era in Chip Technology -
Frank Soltis explains a major breakthrough in silicon chip technology called silicon-on-insulator (SOI). This technology will produce faster, cooler chips that improve performance.
Open Source and the AS/400 -
Leslie Russell says that although the original, grass-roots Linux open-source campaign sought to transfer vendors' power to developers and end users, the budding AS/400 open-source community must embrace vendors as partners.
CVTSPLSTMF Makes Spools Cool -
Peter Clifford's nifty utility lets you publish AS/400 reports as ASCII text, HTML, or PDF files using the CVTSPLSTMF command.
Distribute Spooled Files and Merged Forms via E-Mail -
Distributing AS/400 spooled documents and merged forms via e-mail can be an economical answer for companies that rely heavily on paper forms. Formation mg's flashMail400 can provide a simple solution.
An Introduction to PTFs -
Gary Guthrie provides a step-by-step guide to AS/400 PTFs, explaining how to determine when PTFs are required on your system, what PTFs you need, how to order PTFs, and how to install and apply those PTFs.
Using IBM's ILE Debugger, Part 2 -
Gary Guthrie reviews the breakpoint features of IBM's ILE Debugger to show how to find runtime errors in ILE RPG applications.
PTF Watch -
Check out the latest significant HIPER PTFs for V4R1, V4R2, V4R3, and V4R4.
Migrating to the Express Client -
As end-of-service dates for older clients draw near, it's time to migrate to Client Accss Express. Learn the important details before you join the flock.
Servlets in Action -
Julian Monypenny provides some advanced Java tips and techniques to help you create easy-to-use Web forms.
Street Talk -
Rochester code names; Orphan System/400; Internet Setup Wizard
RPG IV's EVAL Operation -
Bryan Meyers shows how to use RPG IV's EVAL opcode to handle complex calculations more easily by assigning a value to a result in a single expression and use full-length field names for greater code clarity.
Completing the Task in RPG -
Jef Sutherland provides an RPG-based solution for a simple transaction-processing function.
Choosing the Best Approach -
Jef Sutherland introduces an article series in which he and NEWS/400 tech editors Mike Cravitz and Dan Darnell each provide a solution to a common development task. The three approaches they use are RPG IV, embedded SQL in RPG IV, and Java.
Working with the AS/400 iPTF Function -
Gary Guthrie and Craig Pelkie take a closer look at IBM’s iPTF function, which you can use to download AS/400 fixes from the Internet.