Free format RPG and TR7
This past week, there was some questions from some IBM i users about why, after installing TR7, RPG free-form support was missing.
Why do I need an additional and separate PTF?
(more…)PASE Twilight Zone: Removing More Myths About IBM i
IBM i is an old friend. We programming geeks of golden age have been writing reliable business programs for years on IBM i. Our IBM i has protected our programming investment like a family member—operating system releases, hardware upgrades, no matter, our programs still run our businesses decades later. Unlike so many other business machines we shall not name, we people of IBM i, can truly say we got a good business deal with our IBM i.
(more…)PASE for Programmers
Download AIX Open Source binaries for your IBM i …
IBM i PASE Option 33 re-distributes many common AIX binaries so you do not have to FTP them from another AIX machine. However, if you are looking for additional PASE/Linux utilities found on many Linux laptops (zip, unzip, gunzip, etc.), check out Young i Professionals (YIPs) instructions for downloading AIX Open Source binaries into PASE.
(more…)Technology Moves Fast. PASE Can Help
As a member of the PASE development team, inquiries from the IBM i community regarding PASE often come to me. In one such recent email, the following phrase caught my eye:
To most, including me, it (PASE) is just “the other side I rarely use.”
E-x-a-c-t-l-y!
(more…)Command Retrieve Exit Programs Can Run After Command Completion
There are many places in the operating systems where it might be desirable for you (or third-party application providers) to extend the functionality of what the operating system does. In order to provide this extensibility, many operating systems provide the support for invoking programs. On i, these are called exits or exit points. The exit points are those predefined interfaces where your program can get control An exit program is the program you write that will get control from operating system functions at those predefined points.
(more…)Work With Traces
In the 5.4 release, IBM introduced the Work with Traces (WRKTRC) command. This is a handy little utility that allows you to review all the traces that may be active on a partition, as well as a centralized interface for managing traces.
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