RE: EGL for RPG programmers ? -- RPG400-L

First of all, I'm not a decision-maker, and not even an influencer.

I'm just the "external contractor" who is currently co-developing and co-supporting the RPGLE application that _might_ be replaced by EGL.

Depending on the outcome of the demo my project leader will see later this month, the EGL could go two ways: either continue running on the iSeries with an RPG backend for those functions not supported by EGL itself, or it may be moved to a Windows platform.

By the way, your reply sounds to me as "If your company may be moving away from the iSeries and RPG, don't ask this (or any) question on this forum!"...

I was just looking for a guide to allow me to add EGL to my toolbox which today mainly consists of RPG.

If this isn't the correct forum, then which is?

Thanks,

Peter Colpaert
Software Engineer, Philips Consumer Luminaires

Industrieterrein Satenrozen 11, 2550 Kontich, Belgium
Tel. +32/ 3 450 74 09, Fax +32/ 3 450 74 33, Internal 1317
peter.colpaert@xxxxxxxxxxx, www.philips.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John McKay
Sent: dinsdag 7 juli 2009 9:12
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: Re: EGL for RPG programmers ?

IMHO, this is not the correct forum for this question.

This forum, in my mind,, is to support RPG and ISERIES developers on an
on-going basis.
Assuming that your POC stands for Proof of Concept, I would make a
contribution to that document, if not as a decision-maker, then as an
informed and affected influencer.
http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/july07/developer/16318p1.aspx is a
useful
starting point.

Regards,
John McKay mba
www.rpglanguage.com
www.mckaysoftware.ie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Colpaert, Peter" <Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i / System i" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7:51 AM
Subject: EGL for RPG programmers ?

Hi group,

The manufacturer of our GUI is preparing a POC for replacing our

current

RPG applications with EGL, in view of possibly moving from the

iSeries to

Windows (unfortunately the Philips philosophy is "SAP unless..." and
"Windows unless...").

I'm a consultant in the "iSeries cell" to support the "legacy"
applications which are being phased out.

So if I want to stay on the wagon, I'll need to look into EGL.

Is there any "EGL for RPGLE programmers" book or course available,

similar

to the "Java for RPG programmers" one?

Even an "EGL for dummies" would be welcome ;-)

I already downloaded & installed the RBD trial, and had a look at the
tutorials, but these seem to be geared more at people who don't know

the

eclipse IDE. I've been using WDSCi since version 5, so I think I can

say

that I know how to work in it.

Thanks in advance for any pointers here (although our vendor told us

that

pointers are not supported in EGL ;-) )

Peter Colpaert
Software Engineer, Philips Consumer Luminaires

Industrieterrein Satenrozen 11, 2550 Kontich, Belgium
Tel. +32/ 3 450 74 09, Fax +32/ 3 450 74 33, Internal 1317
peter.colpaert@xxxxxxxxxxx, www.philips.com

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