System i: RPG IV Programming (Advanced)

Course Overview

Advanced topics for the experienced iSeries programmer

Delegates attending this course will be shown how to enhance their RPGIV skills to develop more complex applications in RPG4. The course builds on existing RPGIV programming skills, and shows the RPGIV programmer how to use many of the more advanced language features.

Audience

Programmers, programmer/analysts and senior programmers who develop and maintain applications using RPGIV on the iSeries.

Skills Gained

This course will enable delegates to:

• Use data areas and data structures.
• Code and use execution time and compile time arrays.
• Use pointers and storage management.
• Use subprocedures within RPGIV.
• Pass parameters with subprocedures.
• Use commitment control in update programs.
• Use and define activation groups.
• Use APIs to control and manage data.
• Write and maintain triggers.
• Code subfiles.

Prerequisites

iSeries RPGIV Programming(ISR4P)iSeries RPG Subfile Programming(ISRPS)At least three months' practical experience.

Examinations

This course helps delegates to prepare for the IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 RPGIV Developer, test 267 and IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 RPG Programmer, test 266.

Course Outline

• Data Structures
• Using a data area
• Defining an execution time/run time array
• Defining a compile time array
• Defining codes for arrays
• Indicator array
• Pointers and storage management
• Dynamic arrays
• Further string handling
• Introduction to journalling and commitment control
• Subprocedures, first steps into ILE
• Procedure pointers
• Program activation
• Scoping of resources
• Outfile processing
• Execute CL command API (QCMDEXC)
• Subfiles

System i: RPG IV Programming (Advanced) / ISR4A (ISR4AGB)