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I am sorry I meant ILE RPG/400, I refer to it as RPG because I didnt know there was so much of a difference ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Klement" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 11:52 AM Subject: Re: Learning RPG > > Hi Jeff, > > > Does anyone know where I can find some documents online to help me learn > > RPG/400? > > RPG/400 is slowly being phased out. IBM hasn't enhanced it in years, and > with any luck, it'll disappear over the next decade. You might be able to > find documentation for it, but it's going to be older stuff. If you're > going to learn RPG, I would not recommend starting with RPG/400. > > Instead, you should be learning RPG IV (also called "ILE RPG/400", and > sometimes they'll throw the word "Websphere" in the title because they > like that word so much.) > > > > I have access to as400s and would like to learn as much as > > possible about programming with rpg400. I would also like to learn some > > general commands for the as400 as well as commands used in programming, > > like %trim() etc. > > %trim() is part of RPG IV (ILE RPG/400) not RPG/400... > > If you're already familiar with RPG/400, a good way to upgrade to ILE > RPG/400 is with the "RPG IV JumpStart" book from Bryan Meyers... but it > doesn't sound like you're familiar with RPG/400. > > Good Books for learning RPG IV from the beginning are: > > "The Modern RPG IV Language" by Bob Cozzi > and > "Programming in RPG IV" by Judy Yaeger and Bryan Meyers > > These are available from the Midrange.com store. I recommend using this > store as it helps to support Midrange.com, which brings you these > wonderful (and free!) mailing lists: > http://store.midrange.com > > There's also a store on the iSeries Network, which has all sorts of > resources. Books, e-classes, etc. > http://www.pentontech.com/education/ > > (Note: I have an affiliation with the Penton/iSeries Network.) > > If you don't want to spend money, and are willing to struggle a little bit > harder with the learning process, you can use IBM's documentation: > > http://www.iseries.ibm.com/ > > You'll want to click on your region, language, and release of OS/400. > Then, in the left-hand pane, click "Programming" then "RPG". > > The "Websphere Dev Studio ILE RPG Programmers Guide" is more of a tutorial > to help you get started, the ". . . ILE RPG Reference" is a reference > manual, works more like a dictionary, you look up the op-code or > built-in-function that you're interested in, and it gives you the > specifics of that particular thing. > > I see that someone else on this list recommended "Who Knew You Could do > that with RPG IV?", which is a great book, but is intended for people who > are already familiar with RPG IV, and just want to upgrade their skills. > > IMHO, one of the best ways to learn is to take a program that you use on > the job... maybe you use it daily to enter data or something, and look at > the source code for it. Look up each op-code and see what it does until > you get a feel for how the code works... > > HTH > > -- > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list > To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. > >
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