IBM AS/400 User Manual

About This Guide

This guide provides information that shows how to use the ILE RPG for AS/400

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compiler (ILE RPG) in the Integrated Language Environment

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. ILE RPG is an

implementation of the RPG IV language on the AS/400 system with the Operating
System/400

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(OS/400

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) operating system. Use this guide to create and run ILE

applications from RPG IV source.

This guide shows how to:

Enter RPG IV source statements

Create modules

Bind modules

Run an ILE program

Call other objects

Debug an ILE program

Handle exceptions

Define and process files

Access devices

Convert programs from an RPG III format to RPG IV format

Read compiler listings

Who Should Use This Guide

This guide is for programmers who are familiar with the RPG programming lan-
guage, but who want to learn how to use it in the ILE framework. This guide is also
for programmers who want to convert programs from the RPG III to the RPG IV
format. It is designed to guide you in the use of the ILE RPG compiler on the
AS/400 system.

Though this guide shows how to use the RPG IV in an ILE framework, it does not
provide detailed information on RPG IV specifications and operations. For a
detailed description of the language, see the

ILE RPG for AS/400 Reference,

SC09-2508-02 .

Before using this guide, you should:

Know how to use applicable AS/400 menus and displays, or Control Language
(CL) commands.

Have the appropriate authority to the CL commands and objects described
here.

Have a firm understanding of ILE as described in detail in the

ILE Concepts,

SC41-5606-03.

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