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  • An Indicator By Any Other Name

    August 24, 2011 Jon Paris

    Because indicators have been around forever, we kind of take them for granted. I often find that RPGers don’t really understand all the ways in which they can be used. This tip is an attempt to highlight four things that every RPGer should know about our little friends.

    1. Indicators, or at least the standard set, are an array.

    You may not need to use indicators *In01 – *In99 as an array, but the fact that they are an array offers an opportunity to name them with minimal effort.

    I have always hated the fact that we have to rely

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  • Add a Record to Any File

    August 24, 2011 Bruce Guetzkow

    Note: The code accompanying this article is available for download here.

    Sometimes it is handy to be able to write simple data records to a file from a CLLE module/program without having to write additional programs or procedures. Since IBM has not provided a direct way to do this as part of the operating system, here is a simple method that you can install and use in a matter of minutes.

    I’ve seen several examples over the years of ways to add a record to any file. Usually a temporary file is involved using a program-described file in the

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  • Admin Alert: Two PC5250 Configuration Secrets

    August 24, 2011 Joe Hertvik

    With a history that spans well over a decade, the PC5250 program that comes with iSeries Access for Windows 6.1 contains tons of features that the average user or administrator may be unaware of. This week, I am discussing how you can use PC5250 to delete unneeded macros and to run multiple unique green-screen sessions on your desktop. Let’s get started.

    Deleting a PC5250 Macro

    In an earlier issue, I demonstrated how to record and play PC5250 macros. After that article was posted, several readers wrote in asking me how to delete existing macros on their systems. Here’s the

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