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Modernize RPG II and RPG III code with Linoma's tools. www.linomasoftware.com ================================================================ Essential explanations, tools and code for the iSeries programmer. More tips: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid3_tax2f9,00.html ==================================================================== In today's technical advice roundup you'll find tips, expert answers and input from your peers to the following iSeries programmer questions and concerns: Today's Featured Programmer Tip: -- Use ABTOBJUSR command to eliminate batch job headache 1. Answers to Other Technical Questions: 1. Debug a long running batch job 2. Accessing any job's QTEMP 3. Error with SBMJOB command 4. Debugging batch jobs 2. 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ProStart and the RPG Toolbox -- check them out: http://www.linomasoftware.com ==================================================================== Today's Featured Tip ==================================================================== Use ABTOBJUSR command to eliminate batch job headache Have you ever submitted a batch job only to find out it has failed because there happened to be a user session accessing the file? This can be quite annoying. Search400 expert Dwight Beech has written a program that allows developers or administrators to warn users accessing a file, program, data area, etc. and then end their session if needed before you submit the batch job. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci841339,00.html ==================================================================== Answers to Other Programmer Questions ==================================================================== 1. Debug a long running batch job "Raju400" wondered how to debug a batch that had been running for a long time. He turned to the Search400 Programmer Forum for advice. Click over to see what other users suggested. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84636/1538 2. Accessing any job's QTEMP There have been numerous requests from programmers who want to access and manipulate with a job's QTEMP library. It is used for debugging and/or recovering from a job that has fallen over with a MSGW status. Check out this tip by David Ong to learn how to do just that. http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci816185,00.html 3. Error with SBMJOB command One user writes, "When I try to retrieve the MSGQ with RTVJOBA SBMMSGQ (&MSGQ) command, I sometimes get *NONE. Can you please explain this?" Application development expert John Brandt offers some advice. http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid464349_tax285217,00.html 4. Debugging batch jobs Search400 member Russell Rollins explains how using your interactive screen to debug a batch job submitted to the job queue allows you to put the batch job into debug mode and to set breakpoints without having to change the program to run interactively. Check out this tip to see why our members voted it into the Search400 Hall of Fame. http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci773936,00.html _____________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR FUN QUIZ | Test your iSeries IQ DSPDBF, DSPFFD, WRKSPLF. How well do you know the various commands used on the iSeries? 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