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V7R1 RPGLE variable @JOBDATE1 losing value after a CALL statement

I don’t think this is a function of v7r1 but rather an existing undetected issue in your programs.

First item to check is the type and size
of the parameters passed
@DIV,@MOD, @C1CODE
against their counter parts in the called program.

If any of the variables in the called program occupy
more bytes then the calling program variables then this could happen.



View Discussion   |  May 6, 2013  1:42 AM
AS/400, RPGLE
discussed by:
philpl1jb
44,130 pts.

Does this sound like my Outlook account got hacked?

If Microsoft Support can’t help with their e-mail running on their OS, it’s unlikely anyone here can do much better. Contacting their Support again to continue is your best choice. — Tom



View Discussion   |  May 5, 2013  10:29 PM
Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Outlook
discussed by:
TomLiotta
107,965 pts.

Does this sound like my Outlook account got hacked?

I would definitely get on the phone with MIcrosoft to see how they may be able to help.



View Discussion   |  May 5, 2013  4:25 PM
Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Outlook
discussed by:
KevinBeaver
10,800 pts.

Hidden programs on XP

This sounds like a lot of undefined busy work and I’m not real clear of the true need or payoff. Is it for security? For inventory? For software licensing oversight?



View Discussion   |  May 5, 2013  4:24 PM
Windows 7, Windows XP
discussed by:
KevinBeaver
10,800 pts.

Please help me in security

The public and private keys are very different. That is part of why the process is so useful. — Tom



View Discussion   |  May 4, 2013  10:59 PM
Security, Security keys
discussed by:
TomLiotta
107,965 pts.

Dealing with the growing demand for Cloud knowledgeable IT professionals

I think it’s tougher than it sounds. the situation is that most of the jobs in the cloud are the same job we had on premise. The problem is that now that these jobs are centered in a data center someplace, anyone from any location in the world can manage these jobs.

To walk into the same job in the cloud means competed with a world of competition not just the other IT guys in town.

For me this means looking for work that can’t be done overseas. For me I’ve decided to look not for positions associated with hardware, operating system or applications. Instead it’s about understanding the “custom bits” business owners need to make their companies unique and different. For me this means a major change in thinking. Soft skills like one on one communication, project management, leadership and other non-traditional technical skills (along with the basic technical knowledge and understanding) is what it will take to successfully make the transition to the cloud, maintain salary ranges and provide interesting work.



View Discussion   |  May 4, 2013  6:43 PM
Cloud Computing, IT Job Market
discussed by:
James Murray
1,795 pts.

Are you surprised by the switch from second to third platform technologies?

Interesting question, I too haven’t heard of the “3rd” platform. With the cost reductions in Capital Expenses offered by cloud platforms, I think it’s not surprising that less and less is being spent. We know too that more and more low cost tablets are being purchased as well. As we move away from do it yourself networks to hosted online platforms run by people around the work in other countries… I can’t help expect that the trend will continue.



View Discussion   |  May 4, 2013  6:29 PM
Big Data, Cloud Computing, It spending, social media
discussed by:
James Murray
1,795 pts.

What are the biggest missed opportunities for SMBs?

I think the biggest missed opportunity for SMB’s is allowing the IT department to self manage themselves. Meaning holding themselves accountable for their own work. I think the biggest mistake is not organizing the business processes to align with the business vision.



View Discussion   |  May 4, 2013  6:23 PM
IT Infrastructure, SMB
discussed by:
James Murray
1,795 pts.

Does your IT department use various social communication tools?

I read the article and it sounds to think that Face Book could replace a ticketing system, but it’s just not scalable. The bigger the network grows, the more important it is for the IT department to have a change control system. The “Old School” ticketing system is an important part of the change control system.

Imagine an incident comes through. Is this a known or unknown incident? Social media can’t tell you. The KB articles associated with the ticket have solutions for all the known problems. So if the problem starts at tier 1 and moves through to tier 3, how does the tier 3 technician know about the Face Book conversation the tier 1 technician had with the customer? Without a ticket system each tier has to start the troubleshooting all over again. This doesn’t reduce ticket time it extends ticket time.

Now consider unknown issues… again… assuming that the conversation was done through Face Book… how does root cause analysis happen? We have to save those Face Book conversations in some system for them to review. So does the technician have to read everything in the conversation? Wouldn’t it be better to only read the summary each technician wrote and review the dump files?

I’ve worked to re-organize multiple IT departments. Improving tools, improving change control, documentation quality were all part of the solution. But never adding 3rd party social networking tools.

The best leveraging of tools I’ve seen are those that integrate Lync with their other systems. Lync ties all the communication together. Saves email, allows long distance face to face meetings and records everything and integrates with the ticketing system.

Forays into social networking tools are work-a-rounds for a system that is failing and needs to be re-organized not a replacement for a well organized system.



View Discussion   |  May 4, 2013  6:20 PM
Help Desk, Social media tools
discussed by:
James Murray
1,795 pts.

Will Big Data drive the next management revolution?

Of course everything is speculation mode when we try to predict the future.

I can’t help but wonder who will be able to use big data? This is not a system that the small, medium or even large business can afford. The businesses that can afford this are the Fortune 500 companies, Government and scientific organizations that are tracking billions of star systems or mapping genome systems.

I think for smaller organizations, using big data as a management tool is not going to be cost effective. Normally we might say… well the cost of hardware is going down and processor speed is doubling … but the reality is that we also are seeing the edge of Moore’s law as well.

I have been wrong before, but looking at the problem today, I’d say that big data will have an impact only on the decisions of the largest companies when making decisions that require a lot of data. When it come though to the average business manager, the information received from big data sources will be massaged, manipulated and of little value to the average manager. Hence I don’t think there will be a managerial revolution as a result.



View Discussion   |  May 4, 2013  5:58 PM
Big Data, Management
discussed by:
James Murray
1,795 pts.

ITKE Discussion tool bar

Thanks Tom

All interested users .. please respond and add additional info.
1. Does the Discussion Tool Bar work for you?
2. Do you have discussion edit capability?
3. Do you have issues with carrage returns in discussion boxes?
4. What browser/OS are you using?



View Discussion   |  May 4, 2013  2:17 PM
AS/400, Database, Development, itke discussion tool bar, Networking, Security
discussed by:
philpl1jb
44,130 pts.

How to compare fingerprint images in VB.NET

If you want to know about the source code, then you need to read what’s already in this thread. There is no more to add to the conversation.

Tom



View Discussion   |  May 4, 2013  12:36 PM
.NET development, Authentication, Biometric authentication, Biometrics, Fingerprint authentication, Fingerprint scanning, SQL Server 2000, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET
discussed by:
TomLiotta
107,965 pts.

discussed by:
vivin
10 pts.

ITKE Discussion tool bar

Also, no browser allows any edit of a comment after it’s submitted. There have been times when some kind of ‘Edit’ control appears, but it has never worked for me. So, my apologies for one or two poor wording choices in that last comment.
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Tom



View Discussion   |  May 4, 2013  2:57 AM
AS/400, Database, Development, itke discussion tool bar, Networking, Security
discussed by:
TomLiotta
107,965 pts.

ITKE Discussion tool bar

It still happens to me in FF 20.0.1 and IE 8. I resolve it by jumping to a Chrome window and hitting {Ctrl-Shift-N} to open a new Chrome ‘Incognito mode’ session. That window shows up as if I haven’t logged in to ITKE yet, and the full tool-bar only appears under those conditions.
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I copy the link address of the thread to the incognito session, use the tool-bar for whatever is needed, fill in the logon details and press the {Continue} button.
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It’s irritating, but functional. As soon as the logon completes and the thread re-displays, all of the tool-bar is gone. But I’m done with that window, so I close it.
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I’ve done it a number of times, so it’s pretty much a sequence of habit now. I actually keep FF, IE and Chrome sessions open at the same time because they give different results.
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For example, this is a FF window, and the lower-left corner of this discussion text box has a resizing widget. I can drag that corner to make this text area down to show this entire comment to me while I’m typing. Whenever the tool-bar is visible, the re-sizer is disabled. It also isn’t available to me in an IE session.
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Tom



View Discussion   |  May 4, 2013  2:53 AM
AS/400, Database, Development, itke discussion tool bar, Networking, Security
discussed by:
TomLiotta
107,965 pts.

Cannot properly install Outlook 2013 to use with previous email address

IMAP is a way for Outlook to communicate with your Exchange server. IMAP is an e-mail communication protocol. The general alternatives are POP3 and MAPI, which would also communicate from Outlook with your Exchange server.

IMAP, POP3 and MAPI can be compared to each other; but none of them can be thought of as alternatives to “Exchange”. It doesn’t make good sense to think about “IMAP or Exchange”.
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However, Microsoft does call MAPI by the name “Exchange ActiveSync”, so maybe that’s what was meant.
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Does that sound like the situation you described?
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Tom



View Discussion   |  May 4, 2013  2:29 AM
Email, Exchange, Exchange Server, Installation, new computer, Outlook, Outlook 2002 error messages, outlook 2013, sync
discussed by:
TomLiotta
107,965 pts.

Android app game hacking

Knowing how it was done won’t tell you how to protect yourself. Protecting your information has no necessary relationship to how any information might have been taken.

To protect yourself from rogue games, don’t play games on the same equipment that you use for any personal activity that you want to protect. If you are entering user IDs or passwords for personal e-mail accounts or bank accounts or other accounts on that equipment, then don’t use it to play games.
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If you are not an Android programmer, you have no idea what any “game” might be capable of doing. To protect yourself, don’t mix important assets with unknown programming.
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Now, we have no information about any stolen data except that you say that names were sent by someone into a chat room. Names can be retrieved from hundreds (thousands?) of sources, almost none of which have any relationship to the ‘game’.
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But it doesn’t matter as far as the ‘game’ and ‘protection’ are concerned. Keep them separate, and the game can’t get access. The only better protection is not to play games over an internet connection at all.
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Tom


View Discussion   |  May 4, 2013  1:37 AM
Android, Hacking, Mobile
discussed by:
TomLiotta
107,965 pts.

Message ID

Please show example commands to help explain what you want. It isn’t clear what you are asking. — Tom



View Discussion   |  May 4, 2013  12:36 AM
AS400 Command
discussed by:
TomLiotta
107,965 pts.

Unzip a file using the command line

Pelase note, I did place slashes in the statement but they are currently not showing.. I guess I do not know how to enter codes in this editor.



View Discussion   |  May 3, 2013  8:03 PM
CMD, DOS, Java, script, Windows
discussed by:
jutpro
480 pts.

Selec Case structure

Did you read chapter 5?

Answers are “Tall” and Remarkable Uninspired.

Do you want me to do the rest of your homework?



View Discussion   |  May 3, 2013  7:46 PM
Visual Basic, Visual Studio
discussed by:
philpl1jb
44,130 pts.