The RPG Dude on Open Display File Technology for your IBM i - Drag & Drop Design - RPG Generation
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The document discusses the design of interactive programs using RPG and open display files, emphasizing the benefits of drag-and-drop design tools for creating displays for various devices. It highlights the difference between traditional 5250 environments and more versatile open formats that allow for richer UI elements. The document also hints at future discussions on controlling GUI properties and references, and provides links to additional resources like webinars and blogs.
The RPG Dude on Open Display File Technology for your IBM i - Drag & Drop Design - RPG Generation
- 1. The RPG Dude and Open Display Files Pascal Polverini Take a seat while the meeting starts… 1 Drag & Drop Design & RPG Generation
- 2. RPG preamble To design an interactive program you have to create a display and then create a RPG pgm to reference it 1 You can use SDA, RDp or a third party tool to design the display You can use PDM or RDp to code the RPG 2 3
- 3. RPG preamble To design the display: • You can design a display within a 5250 environment Or • You can design a rich open display (mobile, browser, desktop) In 5250 environment, the design possibilities are limited and a DDS format is directly produced for the display description. In open environment, the design possibilities are wider as open formats can be used for the display description to incorporate rich UI elements and capacities.
- 4. Now, let’s talk about The RPG Dude - and particularly about His Open Display File perspective
- 5. The RPG Dude You remember him… Still the same with so many applications to maintain and develop…
- 6. The RPG Dude Here is his boss, who now is always more pleased to follow our Dude!
- 7. The RPG Dude Now… Our RPG Dude wants to design a display and code an RPG program to go with it…
- 8. The RPG Dude But what about using a Drag & Drop Designer ?
- 9. The RPG Dude That can work for any device, mobile, browser or desktop…
- 10. The RPG Dude And that could even generate RPG automatically ?!
- 11. The RPG Dude Could this be possible for our Dude?
- 12. The RPG Dude Well… Remember, our RPG Dude is in good shape!
- 13. The RPG Dude Drag & Drop
- 14. The RPG Dude Add columns for subfile
- 15. The RPG Dude Click ~Generate~
- 16. The RPG Dude Et Voila!
- 17. The RPG Dude RPG ready for you in free or fixed form
- 18. The RPG Dude In the next episodes, we will talk about controlling GUI properties (DOM control) and DB reference!
- 19. The RPG Dude But is this a series on TV now ?
- 20. Learn more about Open Display Files: View a recent webinar on Open Display Files: http://go.looksoftware.com/open-display-files-deep-dive-slideshare Subscribe to our blogs for more: http://blog.looksoftware.com/blog www.looksoftware.com