Re: Help! Boss wants to know why ILE? -- RPG400-L

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<snip>There are just some
things that I've not seen done without ILE. Examples include:
- Scott Klement's IFS APIs
- Calls to java to read/write pretty Excel files directly.
- Calls to java to access SQL Server data.
</snip>

to add to that list...I've never seen CGIDEV2 or any other CGI stuff done
without ILE...can it be done? I'm sure it can but I'd hate to be the one
coding it....

Thanks,
Tommy Holden

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Re: Help! Boss wants to know why ILE?

Ask her how she would convince someone to move from RPGII to RPGIII.

Subfiles. We already have templates to put arrays into fields on the
screen.
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But where the rubber meets the road is new functionality.
What actually will get you that new functionality? There are just some
things that I've not seen done without ILE. Examples include:
- Scott Klement's IFS APIs
- Calls to java to read/write pretty Excel files directly.
- Calls to java to access SQL Server data.

Rob Berendt

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