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Most IBM i shops using webservices to talk to the Internet, will convert the data they are sharing into a web-service format like XML or JSON before sending it out. Obviously the responses will be in the same format and they need to convert it back into native IBM i format to use it. That …
If you are an RPG Programmer thern you can quite easily add C# to the list of progamming languages you have in your brainbox. It’s a very similar syntax. Checkout the latest C# For RPGers TechTip and check out the similarities between C# and RPG loops:Â http://www.mcpressonline.com/programming/programming-other/c-for-rpgers-taking-c-loops-for-a-spin The missing piece to the basic C# language …
Excited to see a new release of MiWorkplace – the replacement for RPG NEXT GEN code editor. Will download this and do a little review in a blog sometime: Hi Nick, I am really happy to announce a new release of MiWorkplace. This release is not as feature packed as the last one but on …
BCD Presto – Software Green Screen Modernization aka – AS400 iSeries 5250 Screen to Web Conversions BCD Presto is probably my favourite screen modernization tool. It has a very simple and clean screen editor. It’s reliable, fast and intuitive. Most importantly, when I have those “what is the best way to do this?” questions the …
Nice Subprocedures with RPG ON-EXIT IBM is adding all kinds of new tweaks to RPG with each new release of IBM i. RPG ON-EXIT is a great example of a neat tweak to the RPG programming language. Last year, IBM quietly introduced a rather neat new function called “ON-EXIT” to our sub procedures in RPG. …
I read this excellent article on IBM Systems Magazine website. From two of my favorite IBM i Guru’s Jon Paris and Susan Ganter: This month we’re beginning a series on modern RPG fundamentals. So many changes have taken place in the language over the years that, increasingly, we find that students in our classes are …