Now that RPG IV is a reality, it offers RPG programmers many new and exciting features. Remembering what they are and how to implement them can be a major challenge, but this handy reference book by RPG expert Bob Cozzi makes it easy. Keep a copy at your workstation and you'll have instant access to the RPG IV answers you need to take advantage of the full array of new RPG IV functions. The text provides the person who has some programming experience with a high-level language, such as PL/I, COBOL, FORTRAN, or any version of RPG, with a summary of the Modern RPG IV language terminology.

Explains the modern RPG IV language to experienced programmers, with chapters on built-in functions, operation codes, structured programming, inter-module communication, and file processing. The author has published Q38 Technical Journal and Midrange magazines. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This book is dedicated RPG IV Programming language and the AS/400 environment. The book includes over 60 compiled RPG IV listings documented with a line by line explanation of the instructions and or annotated comments. The author has included over 500 figures and he addresses other important AS/400 software with separate appendices for SEU, PDM, DFU, SDA and interactive debugging. Every chapter includes a summary, review questions, and programming assignments.

Annotation For readers who have had some programming experience with a high-level language such as PL/I, COLBO, FORTANS, or any version of RPG, Cozzi explains RPG IV, the latest version of the Report Program Generator language first devised in 1960. This version is the one implemented by the IBM Corporation on computers running the OS/400 operating system, and is compatible with OS/400 Version 5, Release 2 and earlier. He discusses the RPG cycle only briefly, now that it is no longer considered a productive method, and has been replaced by structured programming constructs. He does not provide a bibliography or mention dates for earlier editions. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).