Control Language Programming for the As/400

A text for students planning careers as AS/400 programmers, assuming no prior knowledge of Control Language (CL). Material for a 13-session course is covered in five sections on introducing CL, basic CL programming, I/O in a CL program, advanced CL programming, and creating commands. Chapters end with key terms, review questions, exercises, and graduated programming assignments. Sidebars offer tips on style issues. Appendices cover essentials of AS/400 features needed for program development and SEU, and offer a reference to CL commands. This second edition is updated to include discussion of the Integrated Language Environment (ILE) and its impact on traditional AS/400 concepts, and contains an appendix on the ILE debugger. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Bryan Meyers, CCP, is director of information services for KOA Kampgrounds of America and a senior technical editor for NEWS/400. Bryan has more than 25 years of consulting, programming, and system design experience in the IBM midrange arena. He is the author if RPG IV Jump Start, 2nd edition, published by 29th Street Press.

Dan Riehl is a technical editor for NEWS/400 and president of PowerTech Toolworks, Inc., a Seattle-based firm providing AS/400 technical education and support. Dan also is the editor of Power Tools for the AS/400 and the author of Desktop Guide to AS/400 Programmer's Tools, published by 29th Street Press.