MidAtlantic Midrange is offering
"An RPG Update - Power RPG For Today's Applications
With Susan Gantner and Jon Paris"

This one-day seminar explores topics that will help enhance
your skill sets and abilities in RPG in the latest V5R4 technology
environment.

Moving to /Free-Form RPG IV

IBM has liberated the RPG IV Language. In this session we will
explore the
essentials of /Free-form coding including:
- The basic syntax rules of /Free RPG
- The new Built-in-Functions designed to replace unsupported
operation codes, including the new BIFs to manipulate dates and times
- Coding alternatives for the defunct MOVE op code
- New operations you can ONLY use in /Free form

Exploiting RPG's V5 Power Features

With free-format RPG stealing all the headlines, it was easy to
overlook some of the other powerful features introduced in the V5
releases of RPG IV. This session will show you how to make the most
of them to power-up your RPG programs.

Major topics to be covered include:
- How to use the new MONITOR function to simplify error handling
- Ending the decimal data error blues with combining MONITOR with
new I/O features
- Many Data Structure Enhancements, including Qualified and Nested
DSs, DS arrays and new BIFs that help you structure your data to
match the real world
- How to code RPG "methods" for use from Java and how to call Java
methods from RPG

RPG Stored Procedures

Stored procedures are fast becoming a coding technique of
preference. In this session we'll cover topics like:
- Writing/Creating a simple stored procedure
- Optional Parameter Styles
- Return Results sets

Processing XML from RPG Applications

Starting with a quick introduction to XML for the uninitiated, we
will explore some options for handling XML from RPG applications. We
will consider some options for producing CML form an RPG program as
well as how to parse an XML document from an RPG program in order to
process the data inside. Whether you are using web services or need
to exchange data with a supplier or customer using XML, this session
can provide some hints on how to deal with XML from RPG applications.

These are going to be very power packed sessions and we're going to
be covering a lot of real useable information and methods.

Susan Gantner and Jon Paris are co-founders of Partner400, a firm
specializing in customized education and mentoring services for
AS400, iSeries and i5 developers. Their joint careers span over 50
years of MIS experience including periods with IBM's Toronto and
Rochester Laboratories. Jon and Susan now devote their time to
educating developers on techniques and technologies to extend and
modernize their applications and development environments.

Together, they also author regular technical articles for the IBM
publication, IBM Systems Magazine, i5 edition and the companion
electronic newsletter, i5 Extra.

These seminar(s) start at 8:30 AM and end at 5:00 PM and will be
held on:

June 29 - Ft. Washington Holiday Inn, Ft. Washington, PA

Other nearby venues:
June 26 - Richmond Airport Hotel and Conference Center
June 27 - College Park Holiday Inn


The course fee is $275 for non-user group members and $250 for user
group members. This fee offering is a special arrangement between
Washington Area Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange.
Members of other AS/400 User groups may also apply under the user
group rate.

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For any further questions or reservations, contact K.B. Soni at
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