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Note that '''RPG 4''' can do just about anything that could be done by earlier versions of [[RPG]] such as [[RPG/400]] and an enormous volume of additional capabilities.
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Note that '''RPG IV''' can do just about anything that could be done by earlier versions of [[RPG]] such as [[RPG/400]] and an enormous volume of additional capabilities.
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== Free-format RPG ==
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* [https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/library/i-ibmi-rpg-support/ Free-format RPG] on DeveloperWorks
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** 7.2: Integrated with the base OS
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** 7.1: Requires compiler PTF SI51094 or its supercedes, as well as DB2 group PTF SF99701 level 26 or higher.
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** 7.1 PTF first became available in Nov 2013.
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== Fully free-form RPG ==
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RPG now allows for a syntax which contains no columns at all; it is fully free-form, beginning in column 1.  To use, the first line of code must be '''**free''' starting in column 1.  There is no predefined final column.  There is one limitation: the program does not allow ANY columnar (fixed form) RPG, including comments with an asterisk in column 7.  RDi 9.5 recognises this new syntax.  It is provided as a PTF, but is not in a group or TR - it must be ordered separately.  First available in November 2015.
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* [https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/We13116a562db_467e_bcd4_882013aec57a/page/Fully%20free-form%20RPG%20-%20new%20in%207.1%20and%207.2 Fully Free-form RPG]
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<p dir="ltr">7.1:</p>
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* SI58136 (compiler, target-release *CURRENT only)
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* DB2 group PTF SF99701 level 38 (SQL precompiler)
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<p dir="ltr">7.2:</p>
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* SI58137 (compiler, target-release *CURRENT)
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* SI58110 (compiler, target-release *PRV)
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* DB2 group PTF SF99702 level 9 (SQL precompiler)
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== References ==
 
== References ==
 
[http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508402.htm RPG IV with free format op codes]
 
[http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c092508402.htm RPG IV with free format op codes]
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=== Books on RPG IV ===
 
=== Books on RPG IV ===
  
* Bryan Meyers http://www.bmeyers.net/
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*{{Redbook
 
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| pubnumber=SG245402
=== Other sites ===
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| title=Who Knew You Could Do That with RPG IV? A Sorcerer's Guide to System Access and More
 
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* Midware http://midwareservices.com/RPGIV/intro.htm
 
* [http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg245402.pdf A Sorcerer's Guide to System Access and More] [Redbook SG24-5402-00]
 
* [RPG Developer's Network http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/Category:RPG#RPG_Developer_Network]
 
 
 
 
== Data Structure Information ==
 
== Data Structure Information ==
 
* [[Program Status Data Structure]]
 
* [[Program Status Data Structure]]
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== FAQ ==
 
== FAQ ==
 
* [[What does BINARY(4) mean in API documentation?]]
 
* [[What does BINARY(4) mean in API documentation?]]
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=== External Links ===
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* Midware http://midwareservices.com/RPGIV/intro.htm
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* Bryan Meyers http://www.bmeyers.net/
  
 
==Categories==
 
==Categories==
 
[[Category:Programming languages]]
 
[[Category:Programming languages]]
 
[[Category:RPG]]
 
[[Category:RPG]]

Latest revision as of 18:08, 7 December 2015

Note that RPG IV can do just about anything that could be done by earlier versions of RPG such as RPG/400 and an enormous volume of additional capabilities.

Free-format RPG

  • Free-format RPG on DeveloperWorks
    • 7.2: Integrated with the base OS
    • 7.1: Requires compiler PTF SI51094 or its supercedes, as well as DB2 group PTF SF99701 level 26 or higher.
    • 7.1 PTF first became available in Nov 2013.

Fully free-form RPG

RPG now allows for a syntax which contains no columns at all; it is fully free-form, beginning in column 1. To use, the first line of code must be **free starting in column 1. There is no predefined final column. There is one limitation: the program does not allow ANY columnar (fixed form) RPG, including comments with an asterisk in column 7. RDi 9.5 recognises this new syntax. It is provided as a PTF, but is not in a group or TR - it must be ordered separately. First available in November 2015.

7.1:

  • SI58136 (compiler, target-release *CURRENT only)
  • DB2 group PTF SF99701 level 38 (SQL precompiler)

7.2:

  • SI58137 (compiler, target-release *CURRENT)
  • SI58110 (compiler, target-release *PRV)
  • DB2 group PTF SF99702 level 9 (SQL precompiler)



References

RPG IV with free format op codes

Books on RPG IV

Data Structure Information

Code Samples

FAQ

External Links

Categories