How to implement MOUBTN using RPG III/RPG400
We are converting some code in a legacy application and, in its simplest form, want to know that a mouse has been used/clicked rather than ENTER pressed. We are not that familiar with the MOUBTN keyword, which we assume will tell us what we want, and are having trouble getting this to work. Though we’ve [...]

Answer Question   |  January 17, 2013  2:58 PM
AS/400, DSPF, MOUBTN, Mouse, RPG III, RPG/400

Sign out RPG users after certain amount of time
RPG Screen Timeouts. We need to sign-off our users automatically after a certain period of time.  I was wondering if anyone has the code to do this? Since we are using JDE world, it would be nice to have RPG III, but can also call an ILE program. Lenny

Answer Question   |  January 31, 2011  2:13 PM
AS/400, Connection timeout, RPG Code, RPG III

*LDA error message -”DtaAra already defined”
Hi, I am trying to fetch data from *LDA. So that I coded like [strong]*DtaAra Define *LDA LDA [/strong]and then compile the program. But the compiler throw me an error says that [strong]“DtaAra already defined”. [/strong]When I search the string DtaAra and LDA in the source, I am not found any occurrences other than my [...]

Answer Question   |  January 6, 2011  4:09 AM
Data Area, LDA, RPG III

Same files in different AS/400 RPG library
I would like to declare same files which are in two libraries in my RPG III. one file in in read only mode and another in update mode.

Answer Question   |  January 6, 2011  4:04 AM
AS/400 Library, F Spec, RPG III

What fields are used in the RPG program
I have a big RPG program ( say around 20000 lines ) and in that program FILEA is declared in F Spec. I would like to know what are the fields of FILEA are used in that program without browse / edit thru SEU. Thanks in Advance.

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  4:01 AM
AS/400, F Spec, RPG III, RPG Program

Access DataArea which is not in my *LIBL
How can I access a data area from a different library without change my library list in RPG III

Answer Question   |  January 7, 2011  3:42 AM
AS/400 Library, Data Area, Library List, RPG III

Connect to Oracle from AS/400
I need to connect to an Oracle database from an AS/400 (RPG III/CL program). Because I need to get some data. How can I do it? What do I need?

Answer Question   |  November 28, 2011  12:21 PM
CL Program, Oracle Database, RPG, RPG III

Flat file
How to copy records from a file to flat file in RPG III

Answer Question   |  September 9, 2009  11:33 AM
Flat files, RPG, RPG Flat Files, RPG III

How to define password field in display file.
Hi, In my project i need to create a display file with username and password. But while typing password the text should not visible to user. So any one can tell how to define the password field in AS/400.

Answer Question   |  July 1, 2009  8:21 AM
AS/400 passwords, RPG, RPG III, RPG/400

RPGIII to RPGILE Conversion
Someone out there must hae done this conversion. We are planning on doing this conversion to ILE sometime and would like to know some of the issues. We are planning on using the IBM conversion tool, which I believe can do most of the programs, leaving only a few to “hand” code. What we are [...]

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2009  5:33 AM
IBM conversion tool, RPG, RPG III, RPGILE

How to determine the RPG version
Hi, Can you tell me how to know the RPG version (III or IV) in our AS400? Also, if it’s ILE? Thank you.

Answer Question   |  August 4, 2009  10:41 AM
RPG, RPG III, RPG ILE, RPG IV

Pop-Up Calendar with RPG
I found a link that would show me how to code a pop-up calendar on the AS400. However, when I went to that link, it was invalid. Does anyone know how to create RPG code for a pop-up calendar on the AS400?

Answer Question   |  February 11, 2009  11:31 PM
AS/400 development, Pop-Up Calendar, RPG, RPG III, RPG ILE, RPG IV

text search using rpg
I am trying to create a method to search for a text stream that may exist in the file using RPGIII

Answer Question   |  August 18, 2008  9:05 PM
RPG, RPG III

Version Upgrade-now getting maching error
5722SS1 V5R4M0 060210 AS/400 DUMP 201617/ESANTI DUMP TAKEN FOR UNMONITORED ESCAPE MESSAGE .MESSAGE ID- MCH0601 .MESSAGE FILE- QCPFMSG LIBRARY- *LIBL .SEVERITY- 40 .MSGTYPE- 0F .SENDING- ..PROGRAM- QDMCLOSE LIBRARY- QSYS ..INSTRUCTION- 015A .RECEIVING- ..PROGRAM- QDMCLOSE LIBRARY- QSYS ..INSTRUCTION- 015A .MESSAGE- Space offset X’0000F330′ or X’0000000000000000′ is outside current limit for MSTCOMP DATALIB MSTCOMP .MESSAGE DATA- and [...]

Answer Question   |  August 14, 2008  1:43 PM
MCH0601, RPG III, RPGLE

numeric to text in RPG III
I have 3 numeric fields that I want to put together into one text string with leading zeros removed, like below: x=17 y=100 z=23 desired result: 17,100,18 as a text string How can I do this in RPG III? Thanks

Answer Question   |  August 29, 2008  12:27 PM
RPG, RPG III

Printing Logos
We are eliminating some preprinted forms and creating the forms ourselves. The problem is these preprinted forms have our company logo on it. How can I add a logo to a report created on the AS400 in RPGLE?

Answer Question   |  June 4, 2008  5:09 PM
RPG, RPG III, RPG IV, RPG/400

Verifying QCMDEXC completed succesfully from RPG III program call
If I call QCMDEXC with a command string and the string length as parms from an RPG III program, how can I determine if the command completed successfully from within the RPG program so I can condition a message to the user?

Answer Question   |  May 6, 2008  3:07 PM
QCMDEXC, RPG III