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IBM i, AS400, iSeries, Programming, RPG
RPG CODE EXAMPLE – “Write to joblog” in RPG with Qp0zLprintf Write to joblog lets us send messages from inside a running RPG program. It’s simple using one of IBM’s API’s – Qp0zLprintf Qp0zLprintf() — Print Formatted Job Log DataThe Qp0zLprintf () function prints user data specified by format-string as an information message type to the …
another snippet from an old document I found in a dim dark and hazy corner of an even older HDD… rather than let it disintegrate, here it is migrating to the web just in the (extreme) off chance that it may be useful to someone out there. Hey.. if YOU are reading this then its dont its job 😉
RLU is used to design a report image, print prototype reports, create printer files, and generate DDS from which the report will be created. A prototype report is a printed copy of the report image that looks like the report that an application program will generate.
The Design Report display is the main screen from which you edit the report. From this display you can use function keys to go to other displays where you can add information at the file, record and field levels. You can also go to the Change Session Defaults display where you can control the characteristics of your edit session.
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So, we had a file coming in from an external partner today – containing a date in Julian Format. Or what I initially thought to be Julian format. Many applications (especially mainframe systems) store dates in the Julian format. Julian dates (abbreviated JD) are simply a continuous count of days and fractions since noon Universal …
I found this excellent article by Birgitta Hauser, Software and Database Engineer, Toolmaker Advanced Efficiency GmbH. It covers the basic concepts you will need to consider if you want to “Replace IBM i Native File Access with SQL” Just in case it vanishes I’m going to reproduce it here: If you are considering SQL and …
Washington DC – President Trump announced his government is launching a special software advisory group – “Not long ago we all went through the Year 2000 crisis. If you were in the computer and software industry you recall the many headaches in converting and changing databases and software so the Year 2000 would be a …