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Come with me while I go on a journey of discovery setting sail from the land of Legacy AS400 coding techniques, sailing over the horizon in search of the future of IBM i Coding Techniques. The mission is to migrate away from green screen, also known as command line interface, and leave the old trusty …
A while ago, I got this terrific email from a subscriber. I will call him “Nuno”. Not because that’s a pseudonym, but because that’s his name. Hi Nuno! So, lightly paraphrased this is what Nuno said to me: It warms my heart to get emails like this 🙂 I’ve been writing blogs on here for …
In our clan of gray haired AS400 and iSERIES programmers, we all have roots in the good old RPG LOGIC CYCLE. We have one foot in the old world of huge programs with tens of thousands of lines written in a very start-middle-end style, often with many subroutines. The other foot is in the modern …
SPOILER ALERT: It is NOT! The IBM AS400 was a groundbreaking computer system. First released in 1988 it quickly became the business system of choice for millions of companies all over the world. The AS400 was released to a pre-internet civilization, it grew and evolved as technology was introduced through the eighties, nineties and into …
To use a 5250 green screen terminal in Visual Studio Code (VS Code) for IBM i, follow these steps: By having both your code and 5250 terminals within the same IDE, you’ll find it more efficient for RPG and open-source development.
...Trick Question – the answer is moot because the AS400 is long dead. That glorious old creamy compuiter system hasn’t been around for decades. But, it’s grandson, the IBM POWER SYSTEM has a fully backward compatible version of the DLS. So, the question might be more accurately asked liked this: Is the IBM i DLS …
aka – “What do I need to consider before moving my IBM i to a Higher Password Level?” Before moving your IBM i Power System to a higher password level, there are several important considerations to ensure a smooth transition and maintain system security: By carefully planning and considering these factors, you can successfully move …
What are Spool Files? Spooled files on an IBM i System (AS400/iSERIES) are a way to manage output data for printing or processing. They can contain basic text layouts of printed pages, or complex PDF style data streams. Here’s how they work: So, IBM i Spooled Files are virtual printouts, helping you manage input and output …
IBM i Authority In the IBM i environment, you can encounter situations where different users require varying levels of authority to access objects or applications. IBM i authority settings can seem a little daunting to new admins, but they grounded in decades of real world usage and were so well designed they really have changed …
Unicom’s TURNOVER works neatly with IBM i ASP (Auxiliary Storage Pools) “Unicom TURNOVER” can refer to different things depending on the context. In this blog I am talking about the IBM i Software Lifecycle Manager (also called Change Management). So, if that is not what you are looking for, leave now before you go blind …
IBM Tips on Cleaning Up QSPL Storage To manage and clean up QSPL storage on IBM i systems effectively, here are some best practices: IBM offers some great advice: By following these tips, you can help ensure that your IBM i system’s QSPL storage is managed efficiently and remains free of unnecessary clutter. Obviously, always …
It’s time to move MOVE out of old RPG Programs One of the biggest mistakes I’ve made while trying to modernise old RPG code, is simply importing the old code and trying to take the whole thing as one lump upgrade to modern RPG ILE. Hindsight is 2020, and something I’ve learned from the many …
