User's Manual

AS/400 Tools
¹ Program verification— performs, at the workstation, the full range of syntax and
semantic checking that the compiler does, without generating object code
¹ Program conversion— performs, at the workstation, an OPM to ILE RPG con-
version
¹ A windowed environment for submitting host compiles and binds
¹ Source-level debugging
¹ A DDS design utility—allows you to easily change screens, reports, and data-
base files
¹ Access to Application Dictionary Services.
VisualAge RPG offers a visual development environment on the workstation plat-
form for RPG application developers to develop, maintain, and document
client/server applications. Applications can be edited, compiled, and debugged on
your workstation. The applications, when built, are started on a workstation and can
access AS/400 host data and other AS/400 objects. Its integrated components
allow application developers to preserve their current skills and easily develop
AS/400 RPG applications with graphical user interfaces.
If you want to learn more about CODE/400 and VisualAge RPG, see the most
current information available on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/varpg/
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