MidAtlantic Midrange is bringing another important System i class to
Philadelphia.

RPG continues to be the language of choice for most System i shops. IBM
customers have not abandoned the language simply because there is no
replacement
for it when it comes to programmer productivity for business
applications. IBM,
likewise, has never slowed down in building improvements for RPG. The
problem
is, many of the improvements have not been widely advertised.

Anyone with RPG skills should consider attending this education session.

Please forward to others in your organization that could benefit.
Enrollment
information is below. More info is on the WAM web site at:
http://www.wash-midrange.org/seminars/

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 seminars start at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM and will be held on:

June 26 - Richmond Airport Hotel and Conference Center
June 27 - College Park Holiday Inn
June 29 - Ft. Washington Holiday Inn, Ft. Washington, PA

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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