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This is the RPG Cafe. Information about RPG enhancements, and other RPG-related topics.

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Welcome to the RPG Cafe

Short URL for this page: https://ibm.biz/rpg_cafe

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Follow the the IBM community forum for RPG

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Announcement

  • New Fall 2024: PTF enhancements for 7.5 and 7.4 :

    7.4 PTFs for the Fall 2024 Enhancements:

    • ILE RPG compiler: 5770WDS SJ02912
    • ILE RPG CRTBNDRPG and CRTRPGMOD commands: 5770WDS SJ02911.

      Note: Be sure to read the Special Instructions in the cover letter before applying this PTF. When you apply or remove this PTF, any changes you have made with CHGCMDDFT will revert to the shipped defaults.

      It is only necessary to have this PTF if you want to specify the DATEYY parameter for CRTBNDRPG or CRTRPGMOD. If you only want to specify the DATEYY keyword in your Control statement, you don't need this PTF.

    7.5 PTFs for the Fall 2024 Enhancements:

    • ILE RPG compiler: 5770WDS SJ02922
    • ILE RPG CRTBNDRPG and CRTRPGMOD commands: 5770WDS SJ02921.

      Note: Be sure to read the Special Instructions in the cover letter before applying this PTF. When you apply or remove this PTF, any changes you have made with CHGCMDDFT will revert to the shipped defaults.

      It is only necessary to have this PTF if you want to specify the DATEYY parameter for CRTBNDRPG or CRTRPGMOD. If you only want to specify the DATEYY keyword in your Control statement, you don't need this PTF.

    • ILE RPG compiler, TGTRLS(V7R4M0): 5770WDS SJ02923

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IBM Ideas: Request for Enhancement

Here is the list of current Ideas for RPG: https://ibm.biz/rpg_rfe. You can

  • Vote for the Ideas you think are most important.
  • Add Ideas to your watch list.
  • Add your own comments to Ideas. If you have a use case for the Idea that is not mentioned yet in the comments, be sure to add a comment about your use case. The information in the Idea about why it would be useful is at least as important as the number of votes for the Idea.

If you don't find an existing Idea that describes what you want, open a new Idea:

  1. Select
    Workspace IBM i
    Category Languages - RPG
  2. Write the title of your Idea clearly so that other people can easily find your Idea and vote for it.
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ILE RPG enhancements delivered through PTFs

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How To

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Utilities

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Tips

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Document Information

Modified date:
12 December 2024

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