ARTICLES

• How Will IBM DB2 Web Query for System i Benefit Your Shop?
• Automate Your File Transfers Using FTP on the IBM i
• TechTip: Use PHP and Zend_Mail to Send Email
• Use a Logical File Layer to Minimize Recompiles from Field Additions
• TechTip: Meet the Local Tribes - Apache and PHP
• Practical SQL: Dynamic Selection Criteria
• Free-Format: Using C Functions in RPG IV
• Retrieving the Directory Contents of an FTP Server from Within RPG
• Use RPG String Manipulation Built-In Functions to Remove Spaces
• Being an RPG Programmer in Today's World

BOOKS

Top 10 Best-Selling Titles for February 2010

1. Advanced, Integrated RPG
2. The IBM i Programmer's Guide to PHP
3. HTML for the Business Developer
4. Functions in Free-Format RPG IV
5. The Modern RPG IV Language,Fourth Edition
6. Free-Format RPG IV
7. The Programmer's Guide to iSeries Navigator
8. SQL for eServer i5 and iSeries
9. IBM i5/iSeries Primer, Fourth Edition
10. SQL Built-In Functions and Stored Procedures

FORUMS

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2. COBOL on the AS/400 (307 views)
3. Upload question (281 views)
4. Parsing XML using XSL in RPGLE (206 views)
5. Namespace for RPG procedures (193 views)
6. Trying to add images to an overlay (165 views)
7. Comment on: TechTip: Automate Data Transfers Using FTP (162 views)
8. "When you're wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically" (86 views)
9. VARLEN in DDS vs. VARCHAR in DDL (84 views)
10. Upload TXT to Source PF (75 views)

SEARCHES

TRIAL SOFTWARE

The following trial software can be found at the MC Press Software Center.

• Free Trial of INPRO's TimeZoNe/400 (TimeZoNe Simulation Utility) from INPRO International, Inc. NEW


• Forms Processing: Free iDOCS Trial Software and Custom Tutorial from inFORM Decisions, Inc. NEW


• Do You Know Your iSCORE™? Quickly see the health of your System i with this FREE software! from Vision Solutions, Inc. NEW


• Managed File Transfer Software GoAnywhere from Linoma Software


• Field and Backup Encryption Software Crypto Complete from Linoma Software


• A Free One-Hour-Proof-of-Concept and One-Hour DB2 Expert Technical Call from Centerfield Technology


• Curbstone Card from Curbstone Corp.


• eliteSUITE from Elite Document Solutions


• GeneXus 9.0 from GeneXus USA


• DataThread from Innovatum, Inc.


• lookdirect from looksoftware


• PRE/ZIP4 and PRE/SORT from WorksRight Software

WEBCAST

The following webcasts can be found on the MC Webcast Center.

• Order Processing at the Speed of Light NEW


• Virtualization on IBM Power Systems: The Availability Imperative


• The State of Resilience and Optimization on IBM Power Systems


• Everybody Wants More...Discover HA for System i


• System i and Power Systems Migrations with No Downtime


• Achieving Rapid Data Recovery in AIX Environments


• Maximize the Health and Performance of your System i


• Avoid Document Imaging Project Killers


• snap...plug your back-end applications with any other application!


• Best Practices for Implementing iSeries Electronic Forms


• Managing ILE Development


• HA for the SMB - A Consultant's View

WHITE PAPERS

The following White Papers can be found at the MC White Paper Center

• Aberdeen Group White Paper: The Importance of High Availability; Continuous Applications and Data Recovery New
• Converging Voice and Business Applications: A Practical Approach (USA and CANADA only!) New
• Get the Facts on Information Availability: How to Solve Downtime Challenges to Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations New
• iSeries-AS/400 MICR Check Printing
• Executive Overview: Simplifying the Management of IBM i Environments New
• Replacing IBM Query/400: Understanding Your Options
• Research Study: The State of Resilience and Optimization on IBM Power Systems New
• SYSTEM i MODERNIZATION SURVIVAL GUIDE
• What Every Healthcare IT Manager Needs to Know - How to Solve Downtime Challenges to Patient Care, Operations and HIPAA Compliance New
• Compliance without the Complexities
• Managing Changes to Critical Data
• The Data Protection Benchmark Report- The Road to Recovery New
• 51 Things you can Automate on your System i (iSeries) – and prove Return on Investment New
• Bringing Mashups to Your Enterprise Business Applications
• Executive Overview: System Migrations without Business Downtime New
• Paperless Customer Service - Streamlining Customer Service Processes
• Get the Facts: Real-Time, On-Demand Information for Business Intelligence and Data Integration New
• Beyond the Security Breach: Protect Sensitive Data Using Encryption & Key Management (USA and CANADA only!)
• Best Practices: The Fundamentals of Document Automation New
• Journaling and High Availability - Understanding IBM i Data Protection New
• SOA What? Why SOA is Critical for iSeries RPG Shops
• High Stakes of Data Availability: An Executive Guide to IBM iSeries Recovery Options (USA only!)
• Case study on Sperian Protection’s Paperless Transition
• Keeping your System i Applications Relevant in a Service-Oriented World
• Best Bets for iSeries Rapid Recovery with Virtualization: An Executive's Guide to Affordable IBM iSeries Recovery in 12 Hours or Less (USA only!)
• ARCAD and the ITIL Framework
• Supply Chain Synchronization: Recession-proof Strategies for Improving Efficiencies
• Revolutionizing System i Application Modernization
• THE EIGHT PILLARS OF AN ENTERPRISE APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE
• Product case studies and registration details for a FREE product demo (USA and CANADA only!)