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Easily convert to IBM's new FREE-FORM RPG! http://search400.com/r/0,,8894,00.htm?linoma =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - News: Zollar's appointment hints at platform's fate - News: IBM's pSeries gets cozy with mid-market ISVs - Programmer Tip: Better tests for "more" function keys - Expert Advice: SMAPP and user-based receiver management 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Webcast Premier: DB2 UDB for iSeries -- V5R2 enhancements - Current Poll: Zollar in, Duncan out. How does this bode for the iSeries? - Tips Exchange: Win a hand-held color TV - Programmer Tips: Receive free biweekly Programmer tips - The Missing Link: $10 million in Intel chips down, out and gone ______________________________________________________________ **********************SPONSORED BY Linoma ******************* Easily convert to IBM's new FREE-FORM RPG! 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(Free registration to this site required.) >> CLICK here for story: http://www.iseriesnetwork.com/news/nwn/story.cfm?ID=15887&channel=home MORE INFORMATION: Read this recent article: iSeries community pins hopes on Zollar http://www.search400.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid3_gci873633,00.html What will Zollar bring to the iSeries? Take our poll. http://www.search400.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html IBM'S PSERIES GETS COZY WITH MID-MARKET ISVS | MCPress Online The pSeries organization is mounting initiatives to woo mid-market ISVs. The group's efforts could have important implications for iSeries customers. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ADDITIONAL NEWS HEADLINES All headlines above and below are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html -- IBM SOFTWARE TO LINK DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES (cw360) -- Q&A: ISERIES OMBUDSMAN ANNE LUCAS (iSeries Network) -- PATENTS A VIRTUE FOR IBM (CNET) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BETTER TESTS FOR "MORE" FUNCTION KEYS | Tip: Search400.com Traditional methods of testing for function keys in RPG can be bothersome. How can you test to see if the user pressed ENTER without eliminating ALL other possible function keys? According to Search400.com member Roger Miller, you can use the INFDS for the WORKSTN device. >> CLICK here to view the complete tip: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci874087,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SMAPP AND USER-BASED RECEIVER MANAGEMENT | Advice: Search400.com Dear Ask the Expert, To avoid losing time by having to rebuild all open access paths after a system crash, I am considering SMAPP. The IBM books advise you to change the journal (RMVINTENT) so that the system regularly cleans up its internal entries, but we have an application that deletes the receivers often. How can I handle this situation? Search400.com backup and recovery expert John Brandt explains why this happens. >> CLICK here to view the complete expert Q&A: http://www.search400.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid510941_tax288615,00.html ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WEBCAST PREMIER | DB2 UDB for iSeries -- V5R2 enhancements Guest speaker: Doug Mack, DB2 UDB for iSeries Product Marketing, IBM Log on to get updates on DB2 UDB for iSeries, including enhancements in V5R2, and how those enhancements relate to an overall strategy. Also learn about current data management trends. >> LISTEN to broadcast: http://webevents.broadcast.com/techtarget/search400/121002/index.asp?loc=01 >> DOWNLOAD the slides from the presentation: http://search400.techtarget.com/search400/downloads/Doug_Mack-DB2_UDB.ppt =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TAKE OUR POLL | Search400.com Reader Survey Lotus chief Al Zollar is replacing Buell Duncan. How does this bode for the iSeries? >> CAST your vote: http://www.search400.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- WIN A HAND-HELD COLOR TV | Submit your tip to win This month we're giving away a hand-held color TV that has a 2.5- in. TFT-enhanced, active-matrix LCD screen. Enjoy the brilliant clarity of a TFT-LCD screen on the world's smallest TV. 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Written by Search400.com experts Tim Granatir, John Kohan and Dwight Beech, you'll get tried-and-true tips for developing applications. >> RECENT TIPS by John Kohan, Tim Granatir and Dwight Beech: * Try this CUCFILSIZ utility to review file sizes in iSeries libraries http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci871136,00.html * FTP tips you might not know about http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci869595,00.html >> SUBSCRIBE to receive these tips: http://search400.techtarget.com/register/1,,sid3,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | $10 million in Intel chips down, out and gone A whole lot of Intel Pentium III processors are crying for their motherboards right now. Thieves stole a vanload of the chips over the weekend near Heathrow Airport in England after the driver left the vehicle unattended -- maybe to process some fish and chips. Police found the vehicle a short time later, relieved of $10 million worth of its Intel cargo. It's kind of like the legendary Great Train Robbery with a geeky twist! Several Sherlocks are working the great chip caper. They're questioning the driver, who undoubtedly has a chip on his shoulder, if not under his shirt. SOURCE: vnunet http://www.vnunet.com/News/1137973 >> RECENT missing link stories you may enjoy: http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax292189,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ *********************SEARCH400.COM CONTACTS************************* MICHELLE DAVIDSON, site editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your story ideas and best practices. KATE EVANS-CORREIA, senior news editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your product announcements and poll ideas. DEBRA TART, assistant editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your tips and Best Web Links. 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