Interactive RPG/400 Programming (Audio Training)

Course Description:
Interactive RPG/400 Programming is a self-paced audiocassette course providing comprehensive, practical training in the design and coding of interactive programs.

Time required: Approximately 15 hours

When you have completed of this course, you will be able to:
   • Use screen design aid (SDA) to create, test, and maintain display files
   • Use source entry utility (SEU) to maintain display file DDS and add documentation
   • Create interactive RPG data inquiry programs
   • Create interactive RPG data entry and file maintenance programs that validate user-entered data
   • Use and override database file field attributes on displays
   • Create RPG programs that use multiple display formats
   • Create overall and cursor-sensitive help text
   • Use display file-defined and message file-defined error messages
   • Use “put overrides” and “data overrides” to reduce data transfers and improve performance

Audience: RPG Programmers

Prerequisites: Workstation operations AS/400 system operations Entry level RPG RPG/400 programming

Course Outline:
   Program Development Manager (PDM)
   Screen Design Aid (SDA)
     Display Files and Display Formats
     Testing Display Files
     SDA Work Display
   Data Description Specifications (DDS)
     Positional and Keyword Notation
     Comment Lines
     File/Record/Field Hierarchy
   Designing Display Formats
     Constants and Data Fields
     Renaming Data Fields
     Display Attributes
     Conditional Indicators
     Referencing Database Descriptions
   Help Key Programming
     HELP Keyword
     Retaining Keyed Input
     Cursor-sensitive Help
     HLPRCD and HLPARA
   Error Message Handling
     ERRMSG and ERRMSGID
     Manual Error Message Handling
        ALARM Keyword
        Message Fields
        Positioning the Cursor
         Protecting Fields
   Display File Data Editing
     EDTCDE and EDTWRD
     “Automatic Entry”
     Validity Checking
     RANGE, COMP, and VALUES
     CHANGE Keyword
   RPG/400 Programming Examples
     Data Entry
     File Maintenance
     Inquiry
     Multifunction Programming
   OVERLAY and PUTOVR Processing
     OVERLAY
     Multiple Format Workstation Screens
     Working with Windows
     CLRL and SLNO
     PROTECT and ERASEINP
     PUTOVR
     OVRDTA and OVRATR

Course Details:

Level:	Intermediate
Subject:	Programming--RPG
Length:	15 hrs.
Materials:	Eight audiocassettes; Student text; Workbook; Interactive media
Publisher:	ATS
Publish Date:	June 1998