Presenter: Charlie Massoglia

Topic: V5R2/V5R3/V5R4, V6R1, and V7R1 ILE RPG Enhancements

IBM continues to show its commitment to ILE RPG with the number of enhancements implemented in V6R1 and V7R1.  With the new EXTDESC keyword you can identify a file to be used at compile time to externally define a file in your program eliminating the need to execute file overrides at compile time.  The LEN keyword increases the maximum size of fields, data structures, arrays, and constants.  The cycle can now be completely eliminated.  Files can be defined in subprocedures.  Files can be defined like other files and passed as parameters.  EXFMT now supports a result data structure.  Data Structures can be sorted based on a subfield.  %SCANRPL simplifies scanning and replacing characters.  Come to this session to learn about these and other recent ILE RPG Enhancements.