August 2004

• The Essentials of a Powerful Sales Presentation - There is no cookie-cutter template for a powerful sales presentation. However, by focusing on several essential ideas that have proven to be effective, you can make your presentations work like magic.
• Handling Errors in RPG - Using feedback BIFs, defensive coding techniques, error monitoring, and/or termination procedures will give you a solid foundation for controlling errors. Discover how to use these techniques in your RPG applications.
• iSeries Navigator Performance Tips - If you're running V5R1 or later, following these tips can help you boost iSeries Navigator's performance, free up memory on your PC, and ease workflow management. And V5R3's fixes and new tools enhance iSeries Nav's performance as well.
• What You Should Know About the IBM Toolbox for Java JDBC Driver - Learn the answers to commonly asked questions about the IBM Toolbox for Java JDBC driver, and find out about the Toolbox's exciting new features, including support for JDBC 3.0.
• Mastering Modules, Part 1 - Knowing what procedures are and how and when to use them is key to implementing a modular programming approach in RPG IV. This article shows you how to build modular programs using procedures.
• The Experts' RPG Resource Guide - Need help finding the right RPG information? Then check out these sites that offer technical papers, articles, tips, source code, e-newsletters, and forums.
• Common Sense Security Auditing - Security auditing of your iSeries doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing proposition. A basic auditing scheme can let you choose just sensitive data (or users) to monitor.
• Thin Clients — Fat Chance? - Network Station was misguided. Is IBM's new thin-client initiative - WorkPlace 2.0 - also doomed to failure? High-speed connections and browser-based apps are becoming commonplace, but MS Office is a moving target, and IBM isn't good at selling software.
• Use SQL in RPG - You can use SQL to perform database functions that might be difficult or impossible to do with RPG or other languages. With SQLRPGLE, you get the best of both worlds: SQL options in your RPG programs.
• Dr. I. Doctor - Dr. I. Doctor explains how to give Voice over IP traffic priority on your network, and the hazards of moving Windows HTTP server to the DMZ port on a firewall.
• Tech Corner -
• Third-Party Data Access Providers -
• Updating iSeries Files Using Microsoft Access -