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SOX help is just a click away. http://search400.com/r/0,,25013,00.htm?track=NL-17&aldoncomputergroup ==================================================================== Today's Featured Tip ==================================================================== Communicate with programs using data queues by Andrew Borts You want a program to wake up IMMEDIATELY when you need it to do something, such as print an invoice, FTP a file or send an e-mail, then go back to sleep until you ask for something else. What do you do? Here are four methods to consider. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci952004,00.html?track=NL-17 =================================================================== Answers to Other Programmer Questions =================================================================== WORKING WITH *DTAQ IN RPGLE A user asks, "How can I send or receive data from *DTAQ?" Search400.com expert John Brandt had some advice. http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid382158_tax285217,00.html?track=NL-17 FILE TYPE THAT WORKS LIKE A MESSAGE QUEUE Another user asks, "Is there a file type on the iSeries that works like message queues? For example, while one program (or many programs) are writing to the bottom of the file, another program is independently reading from the top of the file. The data is presented to the read in FIF0 order." Search400.com expert John Brandt has a suggestion. http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid391748_tax285217,00.html?track=NL-17 DATA AREA LOCKED A user was having a problem with a data area locking, but "TSCHMITZ" had a few ideas to help him out. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84636/4697 INTERACTIVE OVERLOAD? TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR PROGRAMS A shop is exceeding its allotment of interactive processing power on its iSeries, and the iSeries arbiter is kicking in and bringing the system to its knees. Understaffed and budget-constrained IT shops cannot afford the large charge to increase their interactive processing power nor can they afford to rewrite their applications to be client/server. Management is adding more users to the system, users are complaining, and it's up to you to get this problem solved ASAP. Search400.com expert Tim Granatir explains what you can do. http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci930777,00.html?track=NL-17 ____________________________________________________________________ ****** Sponsored By Profound Logic's RPGsp (RPG Smart Pages) ******* Download RPG Smart Pages (RPGsp) and be amazed at how fast and easy RPG-based Web and Intranet Development can be. If you have ever tried other Web Development Tools, you are in for a surprise ... 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