RPG IV Programming
Course: RPG4
Duration: 5 Days
Level: II
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http://www.verhoef-training.com/courses/RPG4.html
Course Summary
This course will teach the participants the basics of RPG
IV coding, sufficient to enable them to write and maintain
RPG IV programs.
Topics Covered In This Course
A brief history
Introduction
Coding RPG
Structured Operation Codes
Indicators and BIFs
Using Files in RPG
Interactive Debug
More Features and Screen Handling
More File Handling
Legacy RPG
Advanced Data Declarations
- Other Data Types
- Arrays
- Data Structures
- Qualified Data Structures
- Data Structure Arrays
- Data Areas
- Multiple Occurrence Data Structures
- Reserved values
More Operation Codes
Subroutines & Modular Design
Call with Prototype
Subfiles
Date and Time Manipulation
Error Handling
More BIFs
Advanced Subfiles
What You Can Expect
On completion of the course, participants should be able
to code and debug simple RPG IV programs, both interactive
and batch. Specifically the student will understand:
- How data is stored and manipulated by RPG
- RPG IV....coding structure, indicators, operation codes,
etc.
- Record retrieval operations
- Workstation and printer file handling
- Arrays
- Program calling, prototyping and parameter passing
- Structured programming techniques
- Data structures and data areas
- Data structure arrays
- Using Dates, times and timestamps
- Subfiles
- Error Handling
- Debugging
Who Should Take This Course
Programmers responsible for writing and/or maintaining RPG
IV code.
Recommended Prerequisites
Before taking this course, a student should:
- Have a basic knowledge of the development environment (WDSC/
RSE/Rdi or PDM/SEU) available through i
for Application Developers and/orWDSC/RSE/RDi
for Programmers
- Know about the concepts of externally described files (i.
e. DDS or SQL)available through i for
Application Developers
- Be familiar with the system facilities (menus, CL commands,
jobs, etc)available through i for Application
Developers
- Have a basic knowledge of programming (sequence, loops,
subroutines etc.)
Related Courses
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Level |
|
RPGSQL |
SQL – Using Embedded SQL in RPG IV |
2 Days |
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Details |
RPG3TO4 |
RPG III (RPG/400) to RPG IV and ILE |
4 Days |
II |
Details |
RPGWEB |
RPG Meets The Web |
1 Day |
II |
Details |
RPGILE |
RPG ILE Programming Advanced Topics |
4 Days |
III |
Details |
Every student attending a Verhoef Training class will receive
a certificate good for $100 toward their next public class taken
within a year.
You can also buy "Verhoef Vouchers" to get a discounted rate for a
single student in any of our public or web-based classes.
Contact your account manager or our sales office for details.
