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JAC
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 RPG – free format
Free Format, RPGILE
I am looking for a good resource to learn/improve the skill set in free format RPG. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, John

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ASKED: August 26, 2008  2:27 PM
UPDATED: August 27, 2008  3:54 PM
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Here's a useful site with lots of technical information, with many articles written by Jon Paris and/or Susan Gantner, two great educational resources. <a href="http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/">http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/</a> Here are two articles which give some specifics on RPG /Free. There are others which build upon these, as new features have been introduced over the years. <a href="http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/i5/september02/enewsletterexclusive/8181p1.aspx">iSeries EXTRA -- Free Ride: A look at free-form calc support</a> <a href="http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/i5/may01/features/7235p1.aspx">New Language? No, it's RPG IV</a> CWC
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Jim Martin published a book “Free Format RPG-IV” available at Midrange.com that is very helpful.

reg
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Many programmers like to see code samples. Websphere Development Studio Client (WDSc) provides a terrific tool which shows your code in free format.
Just select a section of code, right click and select “Convert Selection to Free-Form”. Immediately your code is converted. It also inserts /Free and /End-Free lines as needed to keep your program compile-able. (Is that a word?)
If you don’t like the results, just press Ctrl+Z to undo the conversion.
IBM really did a good job on this feature.

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