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Midrange Programmer - How-To Advice & Free Code
OS/400 Edition
Volume 1, Number 5 - March 14, 2002
In This Issue
Less Theory. More Hands-On Programming, Advice, and Code.
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Displaying Static HTML Pages from the iSeries
by Shannon O'Donnell


In the last few issues of Midrange Programmer, I showed you how easy it is to create static HTML pages. In this issue, I was planning to go into even more detail on HTML tags and the different parameters available to you. But then I got to thinking about it and decided that you'd probably rather learn how to push your newly created HTML pages to your iSeries, and then allow your users to display them from a browser.
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ILE Static Binding
by Kevin Vandever


ILE has been around for about eight years, yet many iSeries shops still considered it new technology. The primary reason is that the Integrated Language Environment is so different from what we are used to. Things like service programs, subprocedures, activation groups, and static binding are all foreign concepts to our midrange-programming minds. In this article, I am going to discuss the ILE concept of static binding and explain why you might want to use it and when to employ which static binding technique.
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Sponsored By
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We've posted a lot of new information on the COMMON Users Group's Spring 2002 IT Education Conference & Expo, April 14-18 at Opryland in Nashville

After you complete the conference registration, stay online and make your hotel arrangements at Opryland. You'll want to stay here, because Opryland is our total conference facility. For assistance, please call 800-270-8223.

Sponsored By
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JSP Server-Side Error Handling, Part 2
by Richard Shaler


In "JSP Server-Side Error Handling, Part 1," I described how to add graceful error handling to your JSP applications. I presented a design that sent an error message to the input form when an error occurred, leaving the form available for user action. In this second installment, I present a different design where the application replaces the input form with a special JSP error page that you create and customize for the application.
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Getting Started with Qshell Scripts
by Ted Holt


A Qshell script is a text file of commands that Qshell can interpret and execute. A Qshell script is to the iSeries Integrated File System what a CL program is to the OS/400 library system, except that CL programs are compiled and Qshell scripts are not. Qshell is based on POSIX and X/Open standards and has many similarities to Unix shells, especially the Korn and Bourne shells. Much of what I have learned about writing Qshell scripts has come from studying Bourne shell scripts on the Web.
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Introduction to Communications Console and CODE/400's Code/Editor
by Shannon O'Donnell


Unless you've been in a cave since last May, you know IBM released a new set of development tools called WebSphere Development Studio along with OS/400 V5R1. These new tools, which are also available for OS/400 V4R5, contain the OS/400 licensed programs, compilers, and several PC-based development tools. If you're curious about how to start using these new PC-based development tools, and you're ready to jump into the 21st century, then keep reading.
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Call iSeries Programs Using SQL
by Kevin Vandever


Though RPG applications once reigned as the center of our development efforts, they have since been relegated to the role of legacy apps, as our attention has turned toward other platforms and other technologies. The fact remains, however, that our most vital business rules still exist inside those RPG apps. So how do you get to those apps from the outside world? Well, one way is to call them using SQL. This article will explain how to do just that.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Displaying Static HTML Pages from the iSeries
ILE Static Binding
JSP Server-Side Error Handling, Part 2
Getting Started with Qshell Scripts
Introduction to Communications Console and CODE/400's Code/Editor
Call iSeries Programs Using SQL

Editors
Shannon O'Donnell
Kevin Vandever

Managing Editor
Shannon Pastore

Conributing Editors
Howard Arner
Joe Hertvik
Ted Holt
David Morris
Richard Shaler

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