What is AS400 RPG developer?
RPG Programmers are specially trained and their knowledge is used to develop AS400/iSeries software programs and applications. AS400 Service providers employ RPG programmers for designing new solutions to automate existing business processes or enhance existing software applications.
What is Ile AS400?
ILE is an acronym which stands for Integrated Language Environment. ILE was introduced with V3R1 of OS/400 and gave iSeries programming languages many of the capabilities that are found in modern programming languages.
What does Rpgle stand for?
role-playing game.
Is RPG programming still used?
To this day, RPG is still a very popular programming language on the IBMi operating system. RPG IV (also known as ILE RPG) is the most current version of RPG and it is a tool that provides a highly enabling programming environment for AS400 RPG Programmers.
What is CL program?
A CL program or CL procedure is a group of CL commands that tells the system where to get input, how to process it, and where to place the results. The program or procedure is assigned a name by which it can be called by other procedures or bound into a program and run.
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How do I create and run an RPG IV program?
This chapter takes you through the steps to create and run an RPG IV program. It assumes you are using one of two ways to do your coding: Create a connection to your IBM i. Create a library. Remember the name of the library you create. You need it later when you call your first program.
Why use RPG IV subprocedures in RPG/400?
Although many people have successfully implemented such schemes in RPG/400, doing so requires that you make program calls to the I/O routines. By using the RPG IV subprocedures, you can now provide this interface in a much more natural language fashion.
What do I need to use IBM i for RPG IV?
That you have IBM i 7.1 or later so that you can use the free-form version of most RPG IV statement types. (There may be some coding examples that require later releases. If so, this will be noted with the example. But 7.1 will be sufficient for most of this tutorial.)
Is there any way to use RPG with iSeries?
You used to be able to get free access to an iSeries at Innovative Systems (this service has been discontinued as of March 21 2012). On their machine you can experiment with RPG. You can call iSeries programs from java including RPG programs. But if you really want to interface (use parameters/arguments) you better use ILE RPG.