Tips

Tips

iSeries upgrades and modernization

• Putting data from IBM i on Amazon S3 using i2S3

  Kisco Systems i2S3 allows transfer of data from the AS/400 to Amazon S3 storage in the cloud. With familiar CL commands, the product is easy to use, and can fill storage needs. The danger is the security of S3 cloud storage, with no guarantee from ...  Continue Reading

• Implementing a browser interface in COBOL: Creating your graphic Web page

  Learn how to use the CGI API, Write Standard Output (QtmhWrStout) to make a visual browser interface in segments, and use the COBOL STRING command to develop the segments. Then see how the Out-Data field is filled in, and how a PERFORM of the ...  Continue Reading

• Implementing a browser interface in COBOL: Getting started

  Learn how to get started on developing a Web interface from the AS/400 in COBOL starting with a logon page. Includes code samples for CGI APIs and library and DDS instructions.  Continue Reading

• Application modernization in the i world

  Modernizing one of the most efficient interfaces ever designed may be a bit tricky. On the AS/400, application modernization means making the best use out of your existing application programs and especially your application programmers. Joe Pluta ...  Continue Reading

• Web skills crucial to iSeries programmer professional development

  As System i programming increasingly moves to Web applications, iSeries programmers and administrators need to learn Web languages, such as HTML, Javascript and SQL. Contributor Andrew Borts discusses valuable skills for working in an Internet ...  Continue Reading

• Lazy coder: What does PHP on the i5 mean?

  PHP, MySQL and other Web-based System i developer tools have made headlines in recent months. But what are they, and what do they do? ISeries programming expert Andrew Borts gives the rundown on these tools that are changing how System i is used.  Continue Reading

• Watch those iSeries system values

  Security expert Rich Loeber recently installed a new i5 System i server in his office. Rich explains that this is always an exciting time and he normally rushes to get the system set up so he can move operations onto the new hardware as soon as ...  Continue Reading

• WebSphere Application Server: Step by Step -- Chapter 2

  As a registered member of Search400.com, you're entitled to a complimentary copy of Chapter 2 of "WebSphere Application Server: Step by Step" written by Rama Turaga, Owen Cline, and Peter Van Sickel and published by MC Press. This chapter, "...  Continue Reading

• Developing Web Services for Web Applications: Chapter 1

  As a registered member of Search400.com, you're entitled to a complimentary copy of Chapter 1 of "Developing Web Services for Web Applications", written by Colette Burrus and Stephanie Parkin and published by MC Press. This chapter, "Creating your...  Continue Reading

• Debugging a Web page

  Programming expert Andrew Borts goes into detail about the debugging of the Web page and the internal elements of the Web page -- the JavaScript.  Continue Reading

• Testing iSeries Web applications

  Testing the Web sites you create involves many arts we use on an iSeries, however, people don't realize they can perform the same sort of detailed "what's happening behind the curtains" checks we don't associate with these mysterious Web pages.  Continue Reading

• Simplify API-generated lists processing with a generic list processing procedure -- part 2

  In a number of recent installments, we discussed the open-list APIs. When compared to the "regular" list APIs, we saw -- among other things -- that the open-list APIs do not require nearly as much "overhead" programming. Some of the "regular" list...  Continue Reading

• Automate WebSphere configuration backups on the iSeries (i5)

  The backupConfig command is delivered inside of the WebSphere product on the iSeries that allows the WebSphere configuration to be backed up and used to restore your WebSphere applications if your WebSphere environment becomes corrupt or damaged. ...  Continue Reading

• Simplify API-generated lists processing with a generic list processing procedure -- part I

  In the last few installments, Ron Turull has discussed the open-list APIs. If you followed along in the sample code provided with those articles, you may have noticed that compared to the "regular" list APIs, the open-list APIs do not require ...  Continue Reading

• Open-list API provides crucial information on activation groups -- part 2

  One of the many Open List APIs gives programs the ability to determine which activation groups are active in the job and allows the program to retrieve the activation groups' attributes. It can also provide the same information on activation...  Continue Reading

• Authenticate use of Web applications via user profiles

  One technique you can use to authenticate users to the HTTP server is to request and validate an OS/400 user profile and password. In most cases, however, you'll want to use this method only if the Web application user population is limited to ...  Continue Reading

• Introduction to J2EE-based WebSphere security

  Web development expert Jim Mason shows you how you can take advantage of WebSphere Express's J2EE-based security.  Continue Reading

• User profile mysteriously disabled

  If you have an iSeries mapped to a network drive and Windows XP configured to automatically connect the drives at Windows startup time, there is a problem if your Windows Network user ID is different from your iSeries user ID. Here's a workaround.  Continue Reading

• How to use Java to add e-mail support to your iSeries apps

  Don't buy an e-mail solution for your iSeries. Use Java. Jim Mason says you can add e-mail support to your iSeries applications and business processes easily with Java -- and with very little coding.  Continue Reading

• Use Excel, WebSphere to present live iSeries business data

  Need a convenient way to view summaries of your business' iSeries data? Create dashboards directly from your iSeries using Excel and any Web application that renders an HTML table.  Continue Reading

• WebSphere for beginners

  It's not uncommon for the learning curve for WebSphere to be large. There is, however, a tool that eliminates the complexity of WebSphere development.  Continue Reading

• How does RPG talk to a browser?

  Using your existing RPG skills and a little knowledge of HTML, you can be programming for the Web in no time.  Continue Reading

• Web Menu security integrates with RPG apps

  Jim Mason shows you how to build a Web menu system that delivers user authentication and integration with back-end applications.  Continue Reading

• Build Web apps using free utility -- WOW!

  Learn how to use Web Object Wizard (WOW) to build a Web application that accesses iSeries data in fewer than 15 minutes.  Continue Reading

• Optimizing Tomcat for Web applications

  Learn how to make Tomcat run faster and handle more of a data load, thereby allowing increased performance of the development of your Web application.  Continue Reading

• XML for eServer i5 and iSeries

  Chapter 1 provides an introduction to XML and introduces you to some ways in which you can use XML on your iSeries platform to exchange information and create Web applications.  Continue Reading

• Java Server Faces: A first look

  JSF is a new Java Web technology that offers great benefits for Web application development. Here's a look at the basic concepts of JSF and where they may pay off in your apps.  Continue Reading

• Learn Web development in five easy and free steps

  This tip offers some ideas and pointers to how to get up to speed on Java and Web technologies without spending a bundle of money.  Continue Reading

• Debug Web applications easily with WDSC

  WDSC has a variety of tools to help you easily debug apps in many environments.  Continue Reading

• Measuring the performance of Web applications

  Don't overlook the need to performance-engineer Java Web applications. Here are some typical performance engineering practices, basic performance concepts and tools that can help.  Continue Reading

• Other options for generating XML or storing XML in a database

  Search400.com expert Jim Mason provides a few more ways to generate or store XML in a database.  Continue Reading

• Generating XML from SQL data

  Find out how to create XML documents from SQL data and how to store XML documents as SQL data WITHOUT CODING.  Continue Reading

• Options for calling iSeries commands from WebFaced applications

  With WebFaced an application, you can't call iSeries commands. However, there are other methods you can consider.  Continue Reading

• Use IFrame, WDSC to build and deploy a portal subfile Web application

  WDSC and the IFrame portlet make it easy to create a simple Web application and deploy it in a portal.  Continue Reading

• Portal servers improve Web user satisfaction

  Looking to do more with your Web site? Try portal servers. They provide a central, organized Web access point for a group of users.  Continue Reading

• Apache HTTP Server drives Web sites everywhere

  Get all the facts on Apache HTTP server in this tip from Jim Mason. Learn what it is, where to get it, how to install it on Windows, how to troubleshoot problems and more.  Continue Reading

• WebSphere: Don't believe everything IBM tells you

  Each time a new version of WebSphere application server rolls out, IBM says it's state of the art and no other server compares. Is it really the best option? Not necessarily.  Continue Reading

• WDSC lets you tap into the power of XML

  When it comes to Web development, XML is a powerful tool. But you don't need to be a skilled Java XML developer to make use of it. With WDSC you can easily create XML apps.  Continue Reading

• WDSC: How to build a Java Web application calling RPG

  Learn how to take an existing RPG and CL program you've created and Web-enable them with the Web Interaction wizard in WDSC.  Continue Reading

• How to update iSeries databases using JDBC, SQL

  The techniques detailed here will help you develop more efficient Java database applications.  Continue Reading

• WebSphere Express key to iSeries future in e-business

  Learn what WebSphere Express for iSeries has to offer in this overview from Web development expert Jim Mason.  Continue Reading

• Let e-RPG do the talking

  Get started using HDML to communicate with handheld devices.  Continue Reading

• WDSC -- Using DBBeans.jar for data access

  Here's a simple example that uses the IBM DB Beans to print a simple report to the System console.  Continue Reading

• WebSphere Commerce Suite: Enabling SSL for the IBM HTTP Server and WebSphere Payment Manager

  Follow these steps to enable the SSL protocol for the IBM HTTP Server for iSeries.  Continue Reading

• Clearing up the WebSphere tools confusion

  Find out which WebSphere tools are right for you.  Continue Reading

• IBM eServer iSeries: Built for e-business

  This chapter shows you that it is possible to have one machine run legacy applications as well as provide the infrastructure you need for e-business.  Continue Reading

• Lessons learned on WebFacing -- Part 1

  Learn from other users' experiences running WebFacing applications.  Continue Reading

• Managing WebSphere objects: The facts about EARs and WARs

  Manage objects individually rather than automatically as a group.  Continue Reading

• Custom JSP tags speed Web development

  Learn how to build and use custom JSP tag libraries in WDSC for iSeries V5.1.  Continue Reading

• Get started building Java Web apps in WDSC

  Quickly build simple Java Web applications that access iSeries data and call RPG programs with a browser interface.  Continue Reading

• WebSphere Express to replace Tomcat bundled with HTTP Server

  High hopes for IBM to bundle WebSphere version with OS/400.  Continue Reading

• Start right with the new WDSC workbench

  Get an overview of the basic features in IBM's new WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries Eclipse workbench.  Continue Reading

• Seven steps to a Java Web database application

  iSeries programmers don't always have to know Java to create e-business applications.  Continue Reading

• Stored procedures provide way to reuse RPG apps on the Web

  Learn how you can reuse RPG apps on the Web in stored procedures.  Continue Reading

• Planning an iSeries Java education strategy

  Considering using Java for your e-business projects? You'll need to educate yourself about the language first.  Continue Reading

• Basic WebSphere troubleshooting concepts

  This tip introduces WebSphere basic concepts and a simple process to identify some WebSphere configuration problems quickly.  Continue Reading

• Options for debugging Java applications

  Things you should consider before getting started debugging Java applications.  Continue Reading

• Web site chooses LTO for speed

  With LTO, researchers on the TerraServer Web site perform tape backups in one third the time and use one third as many tapes.  Continue Reading

• Introduction to QShell: Administer Java applications

  When it comes to running more advanced or more automated administration tasks, QShell offers the power you need.  Continue Reading