Visualage for Rpg by Example [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Bryan Meyers (Author), Jef Sutherland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1998

VisualAge for RPG by Example brings the RPG language to the GUI world and lets you use your existing knowledge to develop Windows applications. This rich, full-featured development environment provides all the tools necessary to build Windows applications using DB2/400 files and other AS/400 objects, including programs, data queues, and data areas. Chapters include: Event Programming and VARPG Source Code
Messages, Menus, and Multiple Windows
Using the PC with a VARPG Program
Subfiles and Timer Parts
VisualAge for RPG by Example comes with a companion CD-ROM offering a timed version of VARPG and complete source code for the sample project, so you can get started today. Using a tutorial approach, VisualAge for RPG by Example lets you learn as you go and create simple yet functional programs start to finish. You'll learn how to install VARPG, build new applications, convert existing AS/400 applications, and even delve into the world of multimedia with images, sound, and video.

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From the Publisher

Today’s programmers need to provide client/server applications to their end-users, but how does the busy RPG programmer master IBM’s new development tool? This tutorial-style book by Bryan Meyers and Jef Sutherland provides easy-to-follow instructions to create GUI applications fast. A companion CD-ROM provides a sample version of VARPG for practice exercises, and complete source code for the project developed as the reader moves through the book.

About the Author

Bryan Meyers, director of information services for KOA Kampgrounds of America, is series editor for the NEWS/400 Technical Reference Series, a technical editor for NEWS/400, and co-author of Control Language Programming for the AS/400. Bryan has worked in consulting, programming, and system design in the IBM midrange computer arena since 1971. Jef Sutherland is the assistant director of information services for Kampgrounds of America, Inc., and owner of DQ Technologies, a company specializing in client/server imaging tools for AS/400 developers. You can reach him at [e-mail].

Product Details

• Paperback: 236 pages
• Publisher: 29th Street Pr (April 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882419839
• ISBN-13: 978-1882419838
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,096,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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