Control Language Programming (Audio Training)

Course Description:
AS/400 Control Language Programming is a self-paced audiocassette course providing comprehensive, practical training in the writing of Control Language (CL) programs.

Upon completion of this audio program, you will be able to:
   • Identify the functions and advantages of CL programs
   • Define and change character and numeric CL variables
   • Retrieve system values into a CL program
   • Retrieve job attributes into a CL program
   • Pass parameter values between programs
   • Utilize arithmetic and relational expressions to control program flow
   • Identify and utilize program flow commands
   • Interpret the compiled listing of a CL program
   • Identify different file types on the AS/400
   • Input data from a database file into a CL program
   • Create interactive programs using CL and screen design aid (SDA)
   • Debug CL programs using breakpoints and the trace feature
   • Monitor for system messages within CL programs
   • Use major features of SEU to perform editing functions

Audience: System Administrators and Programmers

Course Outline:
   CL Program Development
   Entering Source Statements
   Compiling a Program
   Examining the Compile Listing
   Program Documentation
   Source Entry Utility (SEU)
   Program Development Manager (PDM)
   Program Variables
   Decimal, Character, and Logical Variables
   Declaring Variables
   Changing Variable Values
   Specifying Initial Values
   Program Logic Control
   IF and ELSE
   GOTO and LABEL
   DO and ENDDO
   Expressions/Built-in Functions
   Arithmetic Expressions
   Character Expressions
   Relational Expressions
   Logical Expressions
   %SUBSTRING
   %SWITCH
   Using Database and Device Files
   Declaring a File
   Inputting Database Records
   Writing/Reading Display Formats
   Creating an Interactive Program
   Passing Program Control
   Secondary Programs
   Passing Parameters
   RETURN and TFRCTL
   Error/Exception Handling
   Monitoring for Messages
   Check Object
   Debugging a CL Program
   STRDBG and ENDDBG
   Setting Breakpoints
   Displaying Program Variables
   Using Trace
   Miscellaneous
   Data Areas
   System Values
   Allocating Objects
   Retrieving CL Source
   Screen Design Aid (SDA)
   Job Attributes

Course Details:

Level:	Intermediate
Subject:	Programming--CL
Length:	15 hrs.
Publisher:	ATS
Publish Date:	June 1998