If the last time you wrote a Windows Batch file was back in the good ol’ MS-DOS or Windows 95 days, then time has come to step up and experience that Windows Command files is the new black 🙂
Today Windows Command files has grown into an advanced script language having many interesting features. The tool iInstall.Cmd uses many of the new features in order to install a Savefile on your iSeries. Continue reading
Most often when you develop a CL program, it is in order to use it as a ‘driver’ program for a RPG/ILE RPG/COBOL/C program. In order to make sure that the RPG/ILE RPG/COBOL/C program is called correctly you have to add the library containing the CL and RPG/ILE RPG program in question, or you can hard-code the library on the CALL command.
This is, however, not a flexible solution, as the CL and RPG/ILE RPG program cannot be copied to other libraries because the CL program will always call the RPG/ILE RPG program in the library hard-coded on the CALL command :-
Fortunately help is on it’s way 🙂 Continue reading
I am proud to announce that iInstall Reborn, the new version of iInstall, will be released during winter 2016.
iInstall Reborn is the tool to use for installing objects on a IBM i (AS/400, iSeries, Power i) in a very simple manner for the end user/customer.
iInstall Reborn has wizard style dialogues for the tool that creates the distribution packages as well as for the installation utility itself.
The new version is developed in Java and will use the JT400 toolkit. iInstall Reborn will focus on IBM i object installation and it will be able to install files/folders in the IFS as well as Library and Objects.
So, when will iInstall Reborn be ready? Some time during winter 2016.