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| IBM AS/400 | 10/2/2008 | Pete Mayhew |
Q: We moved our machine to a new room. the Machine gives an error 67573200. Can you please tell me ...
A: Joan, can you tell me what model of AS400 you have? It should be on a small label on the front of ...
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| AS400 emulator keyboard | 9/9/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: Hope someone can help me. In a normal dspf if you have a numeric input/output field defined when you ...
A: The - key on the keyboard pad in most emulation software represents a "FIELD MINUS" key. The user ...
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| Disk arm utilization | 9/3/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: What is an acceptable percentage over a two hour period of the percent busy in the wrkdsksts ...
A: That's a good question, and one that is commonly asked, but also one to which IBM gives no simple ...
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| question on as400 | 7/22/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: by which we can call the cls .
A: To create a menu, most programmers design a DDS display file to describe the menu options, and a CL ...
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| Restoring system on another AS/400 | 7/16/2008 | Pete Mayhew |
Q: As a part of 'Disaster Recovery Backup Plan' I wanted to restore our system to another AS/400. We ...
A: You 'one-upped' me! I forgot that section was back there. It's for more experienced users, but ...
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| Restoring system on another AS/400 | 7/16/2008 | Pete Mayhew |
Q: As a part of 'Disaster Recovery Backup Plan' I wanted to restore our system to another AS/400. We ...
A: Rashid; I have done this as part of a D/R plan or just system upgrades at least 100 times. The ...
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| ODBC Access AS/400 | 7/3/2008 | Pete Mayhew |
Q: Is it possible to access files across multiple libraries with one ODBC connection to Windows? For ...
A: I believe this is possible, but ODBC is not my area of expertise. I will have to do some research ...
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| as400 | 6/21/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: what is as400
A: The AS/400 is a mid-sized business computer, although NOT PC-based or network based. It is ...
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| About As400! | 6/9/2008 | Pete Mayhew |
Q: Where could i get info about AS400 system architecture completely free of cost? I mean, the range of ...
A: The bad news is that there is not a lot of information available about the AS400/iSeries/i5/System ...
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| as400 error message | 4/7/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: What does the error message: System hardware error SRC-B3014F01 mean. The system seems to be running ...
A: Hardware problems are not really my area of expertise, and I do not have access to a manual of ...
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| Error Messages | 3/26/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: In a subfile, if we use SFLMSG we get a fixed error message as OPTION NOT VALID. Instead of that, I ...
A: To my knowledge, there is no way to send a variable message using the SFLMSG option. I tried ...
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| Adv/36 model 9402 | 3/13/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: While trying to backup the LIC (option-5) the orange light comes on about 5 min into it and it ...
A: Typically, a software error message takes the form of CPF0001 - three letters and a four digit ...
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| DEBUG S36 BY STRDBG COMMAND | 3/5/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: MY PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN DEBUGING BY STRDBU A PROGRAM (S36 PGM) THAT SBMJOB I CANT SEE THE ...
A: As I recall, DEBUG functions differently for System/36 programs. I do not have access to an AS/400 ...
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| Barcodes from AS400 to HP Printer | 2/7/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: We use an AS400 in our company and have a programming staff that does all programming for the ...
A: The manual that came with your printer should indicate whether it is capable of advanced printer ...
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| AS/400 | 2/4/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: Sir,Is CL is a highlevel language?why?
A: CL is a control language meant to control the processing of other jobs. It offers some of the ...
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| AS/400 | 2/4/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: Sir,why we can't update join logical files?
A: I apologize for the delay in responding to your question - I have been out of the country for the ...
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| Barcodes from AS400 to HP Printer | 1/31/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: We use an AS400 in our company and have a programming staff that does all programming for the ...
A: I apologize for the delay in answering your question - I have been out of the country for the past ...
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| Download to PC | 1/29/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: I've read through related Q&A from this site, It's short but i'm need more details. My question is ...
A: If you can map the AS/400's drive as a network drive, then you can use the CPYTOPCD command to copy ...
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| Record locks CPF4128 | 1/19/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: Other than sending a msg to the user to sign off, then back on, is there a way to stop the record ...
A: No, not without rethinking how, when or why the record gets updated. You can consider it a law of ...
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| record locks | 1/18/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: i have a pgm that is accessed over and over all day long by numerous people, occasionally we get ...
A: If the message is being issued by an RPG program, it is likely coming from a CHAIN command, which ...
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| alpha to numeric | 1/16/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: does this look ok? fdanserl if f 8 disk fdanserlx o f 8 disk idanserl ns 01 i ...
A: I normally avoid the use of QRY in my software, partly because it is a 'hog' when it comes to ...
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| left adj alpha to numeric field right adj | 1/9/2008 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: i want this input record ............. type 5 alpha to become to be numeric, some records have 1, ...
A: Here is an example of a subroutine to right-justify an alphameric field and move it to a numeric ...
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| ALLOCATION ERRORS | 12/28/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: i need to know what AS400 file holds Authority permission. a program we run monthly says authority ...
A: No single AS/400 file holds authority permission.There is an authority option when a physical, ...
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| conversion - data | 12/27/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: i have an AS400 on the west coast, and one on the East coast, and i want to transfer a file. What ...
A: There are many different options, depending on if and how the AS/400's communicate with each other, ...
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| userprofile user/authority on a cl | 12/22/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: i am using the following dclf file(qaobjaut) dcl var(&usroprf) type(*char) len(10) dcl ...
A: It is the weekend, and I'm not in front of an AS/400, so I cannot check. But there may be an OUTFILE ...
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| CL Errors | 12/21/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: i get a error msg on the following cl line example CPF0001 call OR5232R ' ' i have no ...
A: CPF0001 is a catch-all error message, that basically says "an error occurred". Normally there is a ...
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| ipl disconnection abx access | 12/18/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: At my work, we collect labor using microsoft abx database access program which is connected to our ...
A: There is no compelling need to re-IPL an AS/400 each day, even for the sake of a nightly backup - I ...
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| Data entry VS BOL | 12/17/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: we have AS400 and we are struggling with our BOL and route settlements. if we have to adjust the ...
A: Providing that your company owns source code to your software, an AS/400 programmer could change the ...
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| cpyprtf | 12/14/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: i am using a system that allows very few user options, however i do use cpyprtf alot, i am reading ...
A: The CPYSPLF command tries to locate a spooled file with the name you specify, associated with the ...
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| AS400 RPG example | 12/8/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: http://www.fuel-efficient-vehicles.org/pwsdb/pgm/tutorial-view.php?topic=15 On this example from ...
A: I agree that the organization of the example is confused. 1. Command PRTOBJL invokes CL program ...
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| cmd prompt error msgs on compile | 12/7/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: http://www.fuel-efficient-vehicles.org/pwsdb/pgm/tutorial-view.php?topic=15 on this web site it ...
A: If you create a file TEST from DDS with record format TESTR, then copy the file to TEST2, the new ...
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| objects storage file | 12/5/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: I thought object size and misc descriptions were stored in QSYS/QADSPOBJ, but it is blank. I have ...
A: The QSYS/QADSPOBJ file is the pattern file used/populated by the OUTFILE option of the DSPOBJD ...
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| level check | 12/4/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: Can you change pf's from level check *no to *yes - without re-compiling your programs?
A: When you specify that a physical file is level-check *YES, you're actually saying that you want the ...
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| create cl to change outq parameters | 12/3/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: I would like to know how to create a cl that will allow a user to select an option from a menu that ...
A: A full explanation of how to design the prompt screen and CL program to do what you want is beyond ...
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| AS400 (C D I R) Replies | 11/29/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: and have a programming staff that programs and supports all of our users. Many times when an error ...
A: There is something you can do, but it involves a few steps and requires you to identify which users ...
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| objects | 11/29/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: does anyone know a product that can create a source member from a compiled object? i have heard it ...
A: IBM provides a command to retrieve source code from a compiled CL program called RTVCLSRC. This ...
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| Source Members of Compiled Objects | 11/28/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: Is there a system option on the AS400 that will match a compiled object with all like source members ...
A: The DSPPGM command should show you from which source file, library, and source member a program was ...
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| where used | 11/22/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: i have a usrprf under qpgmr, yet i still have to do the level check *NO when compiling a prtf. is ...
A: IBM does not provide a tool to match object creation dates with source dates. But you can use the ...
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| level check | 11/22/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: i have a usrprf under qpgmr, yet i still have to do the level check *NO when compiling a prtf. is ...
A: Level check *YES means that, before a program executes, the system verifies that the program was ...
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| Query | 11/13/2007 | Concise Systems/Laird Scranton |
Q: I have 1 DSPF & SFl.when i ll choose option'+' for one of the field on DSPF.i want to load dat ...
A: For easiest use, each new entry would be added to the end of the subfile by incrementing the subfile ...
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