Programming In Rpg Iv Bryan Meyers And Jim Buck by Bryan Meyers And Jim Buck. 9781583475829, 9781583476192, 1583475826, 1583476199 instant download after payment.

"Recently revised and updated, this informative reference gives students and professionals a strong foundation in the essentials of business programming using RPG IV. Complete with numerous programming examples and support material, this account covers a variety of topics, including program development process, RPG IV specifications and operations, top down structured design, database definition and processing, interactive applications, and modular programming. Comprehensive and compatible with IBM i Release 5.4, 6.1, 7.1 and later releases, this manual will equip academics with the necessary tools to create highly effective and maintainable RPG IV programs using the latest techniques"-- Book details screen.  Read more...
Preface --
ch. 1. Introduction to programming and RPG --
ch. 2 Getting started --
ch. 3. Externally described files --
ch. 4 Defining data with definition specifications --
ch. 5. Using arithmetic operations and functions --
ch. 6. Processing character data --
ch. 7. Working with dates --
ch. 8. Controlling program workflow --
ch. 9. Using arrays and tables --
ch. 10. Accessing and updating database files --
ch. 11. Writing interactive applications --
ch. 12. Calling programs and passing parameters --
ch. 13. Building modular programs with procedures --
ch. 14. Handling errors --
ch. 15. Programming with subfiles --
appendix A. RPG IV summary --
appendix B. RPG IV style guide --
appendix C. Program development tools --
appendix D. Program testing and debugging --
appendix E. Maintaining the past --
appendix F. Data files --
Index.