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Volume 10, Number 8 -- March 3, 2010
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Variable Program Calls in Free-Format RPG
by Jon Paris

Many RPG programmers are familiar with the notion of using a variable, rather than a literal, to define the target of a program or procedure call. The problems usually begin when they try to utilize this technique in a /Free program because the translation of such calls into /Free is not an obvious one. READ MORE >

How to Replace Display Files While They Are In Use
Hey, Ted:

If you recompile a program while someone's running it, it's no big deal. The system moves the old object into library QRPLOBJ and the user never knows the difference. However, creating a display file is a different situation. You can't replace a display while someone has a lock on it. Here's a way to replace a display file, even while people are using it. READ MORE >



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Admin Alert: Preparing Your CBU For a Real Emergency
by Joe Hertvik

Alongside human tragedies, computer tragedies can also occur when a critical i/OS production system stops working and a shop must unexpectedly rely on its Capacity BackUp (CBU) system as its production box. Because a hard CBU cutover can offer more challenges than a planned switch test, here are some additional configuration tasks that can help you account for the unexpected challenges that go along with an emergency CBU switch over. READ MORE >


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Variable Program Calls in Free-Format RPG

How to Replace Display Files While They Are In Use

Admin Alert: Preparing Your CBU For a Real Emergency

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