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system() is a runtime C library function that performs the same purpose as the QCMDEXC API. With system() you pass a pointer to the command string and it is executed, no need for the for the command string length. The API is a good
Caller_CP – This procedure returns the name of the previous program. If called from command line would be – RETURNPROGRAM = ‘QUOMAIN ‘ Use this process of a copy book containing the PR statement and in some cases a shareable
Install JAVA 7 & 8 on V7R2 in preparation of V7R3 and 9.2.2 version 7 is part of OS on V7R2 and must be installed thru: GO LICPGM Option 11 IBM JDK 8 IBM JDK 7 Download instructions from IBM
Standard labor entry screens provided by XA may be a bit of a challenge to deploy onto the shop floor. They also lack the ability to transact data to MOTRAN in near real time. What we saw happening is that
To start we are running bot a production (MM) & test (TT) environment of XA (MAPICS). We have separated the environments by logical partition on the IBM i. Looking for a way to keep “we” developers out of production, we
I was in doing a full system save on the IBM i today and thought I’d share a few thoughts. We have 1 physical IBM i device that is partitioned so that we have a production and “development” system available
XA – Version 9.2.0 XA (MAPICS) table defiitions
Short example on how to use system-link to update XA (MAPICS) table. This example includes some procedures. System_Link Users Guide the below snippet runs out of the job scheduler. ** Binding directory – “UTLITIES” 2 procedures GETDATE & UPDDAT System-Link
Procedures — Initial guide to creating them in RPGLE Download the source: getdate getdate_cp getdatetst In this example we will provide an example of how to get date values in a multitude of formats. You may pass it a
This program produces the below spreadsheet. It writes XML to IFS which is then read automagically by excel as a spreadsheet. This example can be used to produce multi tabbed spreadsheets. These spreadsheets can contain any/all of the features in