User's Manual

Working with Files and Devices

This section describes how to use files and devices in ILE RPG programs. Specif-

ically, it shows how to:

¹ Associate a file with a device

¹ Define a file (as program-described or externally-described)

¹ Process files

¹ Access database files

¹ Access externally-attached devices

¹ Write an interactive application

Note: The term 'RPG IV program' refers to an Integrated Language Environment

program that contains one or more procedures written in RPG IV.