In 2001 rpg was again updated to remove a number of column restrictions. Since most of us are not at the most recent level of the operating system, yours truly. Theres still times when i write software in rpg for a customer and one of their staff rpg programmers says, wow, i didnt know you could do that. Rpg iii is a dialect of the rpg programming language that was first announced with the ibm system38 in 1978. Modern rpg for the modern programmer december 2016 sg24540201.
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Bob cozzi is a programmerconsultant, writerauthor, and software developer. This class provides an introduction to rpg iv programming on the ibm i iseries and as400. This class is intended for the rpg iv programmer who needs a better understanding of interactive programming in rpg iv. A line of freeformat source begins with a freeformat operation code, followed by one or more spaces, the factor 1 operand, one or more additional. His book the modern rpg language has been the most widely used rpg programming book for more than a decade. A longtime technical editor for system inews magazine, bryan meyers has written hundreds of articles and tips in leading ibm i iseries, as400 publications. This elearning computer training series includes all of the online training tutorials listed below and is provided in an interactive elearning format. Your guide to the new rpg programming in rpg iv, third edition rpg tnt. Bryan meyers has updated his indispensible guide to rpg iv to cover rpgs latest enhancements to the language. At over 700 pages, this edition covers all the new functions and facilities available in v5r4 rpg iv while keeping the straightforward, nononsense style that has kept this book on the bestseller list for almost 20 years. Building as400 web applications with rpg rpg programming success in a day.
Advanced topics like subfiles, windows and advanced message handling are presented in this workshop. Popular to favorit rpg ii, rpg iii and rpg 400 shellycashman series best sellers rank. Popular to favorit rpg iv by example for full video dailymotion. How to bring your rpg programs into the 21st century make a 2d rpg in a weekend. The rpg400 code sample on the last slide shows one pattern that i used in all of my old programs. There is a more recent version of this tutorial that uses a more modern form of rpg iv, with more types of freeform statements.
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Cvtrpgiv has been used to successfully convert thousands of rpg source members with 99. These go a long way to simplifying date handling operations that used to take several lines of code. Programming in rpg iv, third edition download free epub, pdf. The rpg 400 code sample on the last slide shows one pattern that i used in all of my old programs. Freeform calculation specifications, new builtin functions.
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