Some TURNOVER SQL Magic Ever wanted to see a quick list of everything that is checked out for a Turnover Project? What if the Project has many subprojects? We can use the Turnover V100 plugin for RDI, or we can use the good old green screen to poke around but it’s much easier to peek

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Last night I was asked what the differences between RPG versions were: RPG3 RPG400 RPGLE: IBM have gone out of their way to make the version naming and releases differences so quirky, dirty and convoluted that I’m not even sure they know what to call the current incarnation of this beautiful programming language. Anyhooo, here’s

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Download and Update WebSphere Development Studio Client WDSC7 for free I’m an IBM i RPG Developer – do I choose SEU, RSE (RDi) or WDSC? If your caught between using SEU (Stoneage Editting Utility) and RSE (Really Stupidly Expensive) for your IBM-i code development environment – you have one other glaringly obvious choice – WDSC

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So, I’ve decided its time for me to step up to the plate (to use a strange Americanism) and get ready to take my collection of IBM i Software Developer Utilities to the next level… *Deep Breath* PROJEX4I is Ready… nearly 😉 I’m at the final part of a major product re-write for PROJEX4I and

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When IBM introduced RPG IV (RPGLE) back in the mid 90’s, most of the RPG III opcodes were converted into built in functions. This makes for more readable code and efficient programming. The built in functions each do a particular function just like any opcode would have done. Since the built in functions are provided

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