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Fix WDSC Turnover V100 extension problems
Having Extension Problems?Did Viagra not help in any way shape or form?Then you have come to the right place.If you are seeing compatibility errors, perspective crashes or white screen of death when...
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Dirty Hack of the WDSC Turnover V100 plugins
It's Dirty but it works!So this is a technique that I discovered while trying to get WDSSC7.0.0.8 working with the April 2013 build of Turnover V100 Windows Client. This works but I wouldn't recommend...
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Essential Software for the IBM i Developer
Last week I was asked to help the Network Team to create an installable pc-image for a Win7 rollout to refresh the software builds for the IBM i Developers and other IT Techies. It's an exciting time...
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rpg sub-procedures are very saucy indeed
This morning I got question from an old RPG3 chum of mine:I know a couple of questions they will ask me, what are the different parms used on sub-procedures like *OMIT/*Nopass. Didn't we use those any...
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Upgrade my written CV to an 'Infographic Resume'
The peeps at Vizualize.me say:We believe that the traditional text resume is boring, lengthy and long overdue for a makeover. We are creating an online resume format that is beautiful, relevant and...
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SQL RPG and the annoying compile COMMIT *NONE thing
SQL has been a major game changer in the RPG programming world.I first played with it back the olden days of RPG3 and RPG400 when we were all wrapped up in using Commitment Control. Because of that, we...
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RPG gets a facelift with IBM i 7.1 TR7
I'm loving the new changes to RPGLE with IBM i 7.1 TR7 (that is Technology Release 7). Not to be confused with the awesome Triumph TR7, the sexy pop-up headlight car from the eighties, but I...
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Latest version of RPG is RPG7.1 right?
RPG is not a Rocket Propelled GrenadeRPG2 is that Logic Cycle ThingRPG3 is the System/38 versionRPG400 is the revamped RPG3 that came with AS400everything after that is RPG... unless its ILE then its...
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Talking to Authorize.net using XML, RPG from IBM i
So, for the last few weeks I've been working on adding credit card handling to a legacy RPG application with an static HTML website over the top. The application code itself was written in the eighties...
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Shall we Disqus why Drupal Comments are Dead?
Spammers... I bloody hate them.Over the last few weeks, I've had a rash of spam attacks. The modules I was using to modulate spam (Mollom, Antispam, Botcha) worked very well in blocking the huge...
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What happened to the Forums?
Hello websurfing chaps and chappettes,Over the years this website has been through many, many changes – from HTML to Flash to Joomla to Wordpress and finally to Drupal. A couple of years ago, I decided...
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Alas Poor Boris...
This mornings refusal to start was the final straw!So, after doing the sums and realizing that I've spent nearly fourteen thousand dollars on repair bills since owning this Landrover in just two years,...
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How to get IBM i command line during runtime using System Request 3
Here's a blast from the past:I was just testing an IBM i program that is importing data from a Windows Server, converting the data, juggling it, tweaking it and when its finished playing it finally...
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Rob Litten - Drums the Word
OK - So I must admit to being slightly biased as Rob Litten happens to be my cousin but... Rob has grown from the gangly kid that I remember into a quite astounding musician. When he's not drumming...
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You say Tomato, I say Pomedoro
Over the last year, I've found a marked decrease in productivity during project work due what seems like a lot more life interruptions.I'm (a) easily distracted, (b) the king of procrastination and (c)...
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use LIBHTTP to talk SOAP to websites using RPGLE on IBM i
Thankyou -- Scott Klement!HTTPAPI (LIBHTTP) on IBM i is the bomb. Luckily I am not boarding a plane at the moment, so I can use that kind of language without getting strip searched by some burly TSA...
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How to Reset or rebuild a Sitemap in Drupal
A sitemap is exactly that -- a map that search engines read to find what is on your website.Sitemaps are a simple way of keeping the main search engines like Google or Bing up to date with what is...
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dsplnk '/tmp/httpapi_debug.txt'
If you are using the IBM i HTTPAPI (LIBHTTP) opensource utilities, you already realize how easy it is to talk to a webservice from within your RPG programs.But remember, after you have run your...
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How to change Remitplus Server in Client Config
I've spent this week implementing a Cheque (yes -- that is the correct and very English way of spelling 'check') scanning solution for a client.The basic idea is -- company receives lots of money...
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RPG4 is finally set free
Since the introduction of the latest Service Pack for IBM i V7 -- cunningly entitled 'Technology Release 7.1 -- RPG programmers can now finally eschew the old fixed column coding and roam around a...
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