Re: Is RPG available on any other platform ?

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Sorry to hear about the file handling.

I remember a software (not baby/36) that allowed this.  And if you wanted
to do reporting you could use dBase.  That's right; their files were dBase
compatible.

I don't suppose it supports embedded SQL to SQL server or whatnot?  (Us
iSeries people are so spoiled in expecting the database with everything
else; nice isn't it?)

Rob Berendt
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Interestingly enough, IBM provides a product called VARPG which uses the
RPG
language for all of its function.  While it certainly wasn't IBM's
intention
to provide RPG on the Windows platform they've done it and its a pretty
good
product.

My favorite demo of the function we RPG programmers can do in a Windows
enviroment is a count-down timer which is a simple application with a
slider
in it that the enduser can set.  The slider has a delay-time up to 60
minutes.  The timer ticks down and at the end plays a little song. Nothing
spectacular of course until you realize its written in RPGIV.

My limited experience is that you can develop a project with all of the
function and appearance of a Visual Basic program and do it in about 1/2
the
time with about twice the performance speed.

File support (for the PC) falls into the "it sucks" category because there
is no indexed file support on the PC side.  It can however read and write
sequential files.  Printing is abysmal.


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Booth@MartinVT.com
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From: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Date: Monday, December 30, 2002 07:24:35
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: Is RPG available on any other platform ?

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Hi all,

Is RPG used in any other platform other than AS400 like Mainframes ? If
so,
how to get the information related to it.

Regards,
Niki

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