Have you ever changed your password, then forgot what you changed it to? No, of course you haven’t. But I have, and on more than one occasion! Have you ever revoked your own authority to an object? It seems to me I’ve done that, too. When I do such things, I lock myself out of some resource. Recently, I was asked to work on a program that had locked itself out of a database record. I’ve seen one program lock another program out of a record many times, but I can’t ever remember a program locking itself out of a

A commonly asked question by WebSphere Development Studio Client (WDSc) and Remote Systems Explorer (RSE) newbies is: “How do I view source in split screen like I can in SEU?” The answer is that you can’t do it exactly like SEU, but then why would you want to? The RSE editor offers far greater flexibility.

How do you split your RSE editor screen? There are basically two types of split screen modes and they are accomplished very differently. I’ll cover the easier one first, which is to split your editor screen into two views of the same source.

Having two

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In a recent column, I described how to create a custom program that selectively sends break messages to signed-on users. After publication, several readers informed me that i5/OS already covers that same ground with standard menu options and APIs. This week, I’ll update my earlier solution by reviewing how to accomplish the same goals by using native i5/OS functionality instead of custom programming.

Going for the Goals

In my target scenario, I want to send a message to all signed-on interactive 5250 users, asking them to perform