THE AGENDA

This month, join us for two Zoom meetings
presented jointly by QUSER and TUG:
Tuesday April 15th and Wednesday April 23rd, 2025

Tuesday April 15th - Hosted by QUSER
3:00 PM Eastern Time (2:00 PM Central Time)

RSVP via email to QUSER for this meeting!

SPEAKER:

Ann Wilkerson

Ann Wilkerson is a user interface developer for IBM i. She joined the development team in 2021 and has worked on Navigator for i, IBM i Services, and Db2 Mirror for i. Her focus areas include audit journaling, the IFS, and networking.

TOPIC: "Audit Journaling with Navigator for i"

SESSION ABSTRACT:

Auditing on IBM i has historically been painful to configure and analyze. In this session, we will explore enhancements to Navigator for i that make auditing a breeze. Attendees will see how Navigator demystifies the many system values behind configuring auditing, then learn how Navigator can help you make the most out of the audit journal data that is collected. Attendees will also learn about some recent enhancements to the audit journaling space that speed up the analysis and open up the possibilities of what you can do with your audit data.

*** This will be a joint meeting with the Toronto User Group (TUG) ***

Wednesday April 23rd - Hosted by TUG
12:00 noon Eastern Time (11:00 AM Central Time)

Once your registration is confirmed, you will receive an email with the meeting link, meeting ID, and password.

SPEAKER:

Barbara Morris

Barbara is the lead developer for the RPG compilers in the IBM Toronto Lab. She has been working on the RPG compilers since she started at IBM in 1989 after receiving a Computing Science degree from the University of Alberta. The first enhancement she developed was the ENDIF/ENDDO opcodes for RPG/400 in V2R1.

Some of her most recent enhancements were the DATEYY parameter to check for the “2039 problem” and the %PASSED built-in function to check a parameter. A few of the other notable enhancements that she developed for RPG include sub procedures, qualified data structures, call-interaction with Java, Open Access: RPG Edition, and fully-free-form RPG.

TOPIC: "Barbara's favourite recent enhancements for RPG "

SESSION ABSTRACT:

Barbara will talk about some of her favourite RPG enhancements that are available as PTFs for 7.4 and 7.5.
For example:
• New and updated built-in functions
• New and updated opcodes
• Improved handling for UTF-8 data
• An option to pass "any type" parameters as strings
• And more

*** This will be a joint meeting with QUSER ***

* Note: An MP4 recording of this meeting will be available to download for TUG members in good standing, by email request to admin@tug.ca.

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