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Modern ILE RPG now (finally) supports “fully free form” RPG Source code This means, we can write RPG code from column 1 to the end of the line — just like other languages. No more jumping to character 10 to get passed the old reserved (H,F,D,I,C,O) specification column. You must code **FREE in column 1 …
Source code line number sequencing in Rational Developer for IBM i Updating a source member and adding a bunch of lines will re-sequence the line numbers by default. Turning re-sequencing *OFF lets us clearly see added, deleted or changed blocks of code. We can set this on the exit line of SEU and also if …
Make Greenscreen Wide Again Good old fashioned Green Screen. Not, not the trendy computer graphics – look I can superimpose myself in space type “green screen”. I’m talking about the original – the green on black, 1960’s style terminals that we associate with old mainframe computers. Call it what you will; terminal emulator, 5250 screen, …
Add a System to Connect to The first thing we wan to do is to add a System to use with ACS – so lets click “System Configurations” It’s easier to show you than to tell you:
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IBM Rational Developer for i Service Pack V9.5.1.1 is now available This fixpack includes fixes, enhancements and the long awaited Refactoring capability: letting us Rename Declarations from Column based to free format. If you are an RDi User — and if you are an RPG programmer then you will be — use the IBM Installation …
ICDSOFT Websites now include free SSL Certificates I’ve used ICDSOFT as my preferred web host for years now. I’ve always been very happy with there prices, fast servers and fantastic customer service. Seriously – their sure support team are the best I’ve every worked with! Let’s Encrypt is a certificate authority that provides free SSL …
Episode 3 – Another year has passed How on earth has a year passed since I had my failed Drupal8 experience? #TimeFliesWhenYoureHavingFun So, it’s Friday, the weekend is looking and it’s time to try this upgrade again. Drupal 8 is now a year older, a year more mature and seems to be ready for the …
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A Modern RPG Programmer writes RPGLE, RPG4, RPG400, RPG3, RPG2 programs I suppose many of them also enjoy Role Playing Games but that is neither here nor there. RPG stands for Report Program Generator. It is an IBM programming language which had evolved from the early day of punch cards and gentlemen who programmed with …
During yesterdays reversion back to Drupal7 and subsequent website resurrection, module updates, database rebuilds and general housekeeping… I got a bit clever with myself and managed to lock up my admin profile and lose the password and disable the “email lost password” mechanism in Drupal ;Aaaaargh!!! But after a little googling I found a need solution. …
CTRL + D = Duplicate a line of code Yes – Forget COPY/BEFORE/AFTER and quickly duplicate a line in RDi with CTRL/D. It’s really that simple. If, like me, you grew up with SEU as your terminal based editor choice – you will be used to Copy and Before or After. You might even get …