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Download a free copy today: http://search400.com/r/0,,9522,00.htm?asna ============================================================== Today's Featured Tip ============================================================== Let e-RPG do the talking With the advent of new handheld devices and enhanced wireless technology every day, the need to be able to communicate with clients other than Web browsers is becoming more important, especially when users are on the run and away from the office. The good news is that as an RPG programmer, you already have all the tools you need in the form of e-RPG, or writing CGI programs using RPG. And if you're already familiar with writing e-RPG programs to communicate with Web browsers, then communicating with handheld devices is as simple as changing the markup language that is used to produce output. In this tip Bradley V. Stone introduces you to the two wireless standards commonly used today -- HDML and WML -- and shows you how to get started using HDML. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci876038,00.html ============================================================== Answers to Other Programmer Questions ============================================================== Monitor and respond to messages wirelessly Is it possible to monitor and respond to messages on your iSeries wirelessly? Yes, says Search400.com expert Ken Graap, there are products you can turn to. http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid409912_tax285222,00.html Getting familiar with wireless technologies Feeling pressure to put data into the palms of your remote workers? Fear not, according to an Infoworld Test Center Analysis of the iSeries' potential as a wireless server. It fits well in the world of wireless communication. http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci343856,00.html Wireless corporate access can spawn security problems There has been a culture change in corporate America due in no small part to new technology. But in a world of wireless access, which way should you turn? http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci841014,00.html Web-enabling an iSeries application "Professor" has an application written in RPG/400. He wanted this application to be available as an object on the Web but wasn't sure how to go about it. He turned to the Search400.com WebSphere & Web development Forum for advice. Quite a few members responded. 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Click here: http://search400.com/r/0,,9523,00.htm?freeguide ______________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FREE TIPS ON TCP/IP| The MC Press Desktop Encyclopedia of Tips, Techniques and Programming Practices for iSeries and AS/400 Download this free sample chapter from The MC Press Desktop Encyclopedia of Tips, Techniques and Programming Practices for iSeries and AS/400 published by MC Press and get more than 15 tips on using TCP/IP. This chapter offers the combined knowledge of the book's editors and users so you can get a better understanding of how to use your iSeries system and its TCP/IP services. 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