e-RPG: Building AS/400 Web Applications with RPG

The dream of every RPG programmer has finally come true! Now you can develop fully functional e-business solutions using nothing more than RPG and the Web facilities already included in OS/400. The term for this exciting breakthrough is e-RPG, a new name for a new era for the AS/400. This innovation is explained in e-RPG: Building AS/400 Web Applications with RPG, a revolutionary new book that will give you the knowledge you need to create full-function Web applications using OS/400 and RPG. You don’t have to learn Java, Visual Basic, Perl, or even Visual RPG! The book first takes you through the basics of HTML, JavaScript (not to be confused with Java), and HTTP. It also covers how to program RPG to drive the Web applications you want to develop. It’s all here in one book--everything you need to use the power and stability of the AS/400 and your existing knowledge of RPG to enhance your company’s exposure and profitability by developing robust e-business solutions.

Comes with CD-ROM containing full source for examples given in the book, including binder language source for service programs; /COPY prototype source; DDS for physical files, logical files, and external data structures; HTML source; HTML images; module source; and complete RPG source for all e-RPG programs.

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Upon completion of this book, you will be able to:
   • Build Web applications using RPG
   • Create Web pages in HTML
   • Enhance the interactivity of your Web pages with JavaScript
   • Set up your AS/400 as an HTTP server
   • Use RPG to write Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs
   • Write an RPG program to output dynamic HTML to a browser
   • Create Web-based reports from AS/400 data
   • Read input entered on a Web page into your RPG program
   • Use ILE to enhance the functionality and maintainability of your Web programs
   • Debug an e-RPG program
   • Incorporate server-side includes (SSIs) into your Web applications
   • Manage paging when multiple users are accessing your Web site
   • Use dynamic OPNQRYF sorts and selections for your Web page
   • Build a full-function e-commerce application in RPG



Bradley Stone is the Web administrator for Netshare400.com and provides AS/400 shareware and e-consulting services at BVS/Tools.

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