Re: Question on Free Format

On Nov 14, 2018, at 2:27 PM, Alan Shore <ashore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi everyone
We were on V5r4 for the LONGEST time, and just recently upgraded to V7r1, and then V7r3
So in preparation in being able to use the new free format, I scoured the web, looking for pages that would help in learning the new format
Here is my list - and by no means is it comprehensive

Four Reasons RPG Geezers Should Care About The New Free-Form RPG
https://www.itjungle.com/2014/02/12/fhg021214-story01/

The Geezer's Guide to Free-Form RPG, Part 2: Data Structures and More
https://www.itjungle.com/2014/04/16/fhg041614-story01/

The Geezer's Guide to Free-Form RPG, Part 3: Data Structures and More Data Definitions
https://www.itjungle.com/2014/05/28/fhg052814-story01/

The Geezer's Guide To Free-Form RPG, Part 4: Prototypes and Procedure Interfaces
https://www.itjungle.com/2014/07/09/fhg070914-story01/

The Geezer's Guide to Free-Form RPG, Part 5: File Definitions
https://www.itjungle.com/2014/08/13/fhg081314-story01/

Trying fully free RPG
http://www.rpgpgm.com/2015/12/trying-fully-free-rpg.html

Using SEU with totally free RPG
http://www.rpgpgm.com/2017/01/using-seu-with-totally-free-rpg.html

Coding in Free-Form RPG IV - a beginner's tutorial https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/We13116a562db_467e_bcd4_882013aec57a/page/Coding%20in%20Free-Form%20RPG%20IV%20-%20a%20beginner%27s%20tutorial

Calling a program in totally free RPG
http://www.rpgpgm.com/2016/12/calling-program-in-totally-free-rpg.html

Practical RPG: Techniques for Procedures
http://www.mcpressonline.com/programming/rpg/practical-rpg-techniques-for-procedures?mc_cid=58ae4db7af&mc_eid=14b7380d89
The equivalent of MOVEA in all free RPG
http://www.rpgpgm.com/2016/09/the-equivalent-of-movea-in-all-free-rpg.html

Example subfile program using modern RPG
http://www.rpgpgm.com/2016/05/example-subfile-program-using-modern-rpg.html

Free-form RPG support on IBM i
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/library/i-ibmi-rpg-support/index.html

Surprises in the New Free Format RPG
http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/developer/rpg/freerpg_surprises/?page=2

RPG is free at last!
http://www.ocean400.org/assets/documents/2014/free_form_rpg_ocean.pdf

New RPG Free-Format operations
http://www.isoftwerks.net/newoperations.pdf

Defining variables in RPG all free
http://www.rpgpgm.com/2014/02/defining-variables-in-rpg-all-free.html

Deep dive into RPG free-form
http://www.semiug.org/2016/docs/Free_Form_RPG_Deeo_Dive.pdf


Alan Shore
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For everyone that believes someone should be pushed back against their management --- maybe your jobs or more secure than the job I have. I know how many people in India or China could be doing my job. I have a nightly conference call with these folks every day.

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Well, not quite "exactly". Notepad doesn't have basic syntax checking
like SEU does. :)

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On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 12:30 PM <JRusling@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ha hah ha! Ex-actly!

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