RE: What to teach someone new to IBMi

That was a step into the Way Back Machine. Loved the shelves sagging under the weight of all those binders. Each data center probably had an entire forest in them.


Chris Bipes

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Chris--

Not sure when it was introduced. But that's why I always liked the physical system manuals. IBM would ship out a new complete set, with binders, with each release. I used to think it was with each cumulative PTF! But the part I really liked was inserting all of the 'update' pages, with the vertical bar down the side showing what changed. It was a great way to find out what they were sneaking into the system!

Paul E Musselman
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Subject: RE: What to teach someone new to IBMi

Wow I have been on this platform since 1988 and I never knew of the GO *ALL. Guess this old dog can learn new tricks.

Any idea when that was introduced?

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Chris Bipes
Director of Information Services
CrossCheck, Inc.

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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Roger Harman
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 8:36 AM
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F1 & F4 are your best friends.

GO *ALL  will show all the command menus available.

GOCMD<object> - like GO CMDWRK for all the "Work with" commands.

Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power