Course Description (By Curriculum)
2 to 3 hours
Personnel requiring an introduction to iSeries programming
Completion of the courses Introduction to Programming the iSeries Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3, and knowledge of data processing, programming concepts, and the iSeries operating system
After completing this course, the student will be able to identify:
• Fields and records on a display file
• DDS entries used to create display files
• Commonly used keywords for display files
• How printer file records are used to create business reports
• The DDS used to create a report heading record
• The DDS used to create report detail and total records
Fields in Display Device Files
Records in Display Device Files
DDS Used to Create Display Files
DDS for an Example Screen
Commonly Used Keywords in Display Device Files
Field Level Keywords
Record Level Keywords
Creating the Display File
Using Printer File Records to Produce Simple Reports
Printer Files
Printer Devices
Standard Report Format
Report Creation
Printer File Format
DDS Used to Create a Simple Report Heading
Defining a Printer File
Report Creation
DDS for Printer Files
An Example Report and Its DDS
DDS Used to Create Report Details and Totals
The Command to Create the Printer File Object
