ILE in Practice

April 7, 2004 Joel Cochran

[The code for this article is available for download.]

In previous articles I examined the various pieces of an ILE application, covering such topics as service programs, binder source, binding directories, and activation groups (see links to previous articles at the bottom of this page). This article walks through the process from start to finish. The front end application is made up for demonstration purposes, but the security service program and all of the methods demonstrated are being used in my shop today.

All of the source code, /copy members, and file objects discussed in this article

Using Exception Breakpoints in WDSc

April 7, 2004 Hey, David

I have only been using WDSc (WebSphere Development Studio client) for a few weeks, so this may be an obvious question. How would you watch a variable in a Java program? Is there some way to trace a value or break when a certain condition is met? I hit F8 to run to my break point and hover the mouse over a variable to see its value. I just spent about two hours repeating this procedure to find out why my program was receiving a null pointer exception, even though I knew from the stack trace exactly what line the

Using Filters in the Remote Systems LPEX Editor

April 7, 2004 Hey, Ted

I have recently started to use the WebSphere Development Studio client (WDSc) LPEX editor to maintain RPG programs, and so far I am enjoying the experience. I would like to share a tip with readers of Four Hundred Guru who, like me, are working their way through the LPEX learning curve.

–Lynn

When editing with SEU, I often use the X and XX line commands to exclude lines that I do not wish to see. After issuing these commands, I can use SEU’s Find command or the Find/Change Options menu to display selected lines. LPEX has additional filtering capabilities that

Admin Alert: The Joys of Creating User Profile Information Files

April 7, 2004 Joe Hertvik

Inside an OS/400 partition, there are always questions about user profiles and how they are configured. These questions, including the last time user passwords were changed, which profiles have expired, and which users have which authorities, may require you to search through dozens of user profiles to get answers. I find it’s helpful to create and maintain a user profile information file for centralizing such information.

A user profile information file contains the complete set of user profile parameters that are defined for one profile, a subset of your OS/400 user profiles, or all of the iSeries or AS/400 user

OS/400 Alert: Microsoft Previews Windows XP Service Pack 2

April 7, 2004 Shannon O'Donnell

Windows Service Packs come out so rarely that when they do it is a very big deal. The latest Service Pack from Microsoft, Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, is no exception. Microsoft has added a host of new features to this latest Service Pack and is making it available to you right now through a technology preview. Also in this issue we alert you to a cool new search tool from Google. Read on for more details.

WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 PREVIEW

If you like to be on the bleeding edge of things, and you are running