These iSeries (AS400) Tools are a collection of tools that I have gathered over the past 15+ years. Most of them I have written myself, some of them were written by friends and co-workers. These tools are provided for free and are distributed as source only. You will need some knowledge of ILE & service programs in order to compile many of these programs. I have included a readme file with each tool that gives basic instructions on how to compile the software, but each environment is different and you made need to make some modifications to make the tools work for you. Some of these tools are very specific and but most are pretty broad. I have always tried to make the code as generic as possible when I wrote them. I usually try to use APIs and I almost never use CL (I have nothing against CL, I just prefer RPG). Over the years I have tried to keep the tools updated with the latest code changes(ie..RPG ILE, BIFs), but some of the tools are just not worth spending the time. I have tried to name the commands with different than OS/400 commands(ie.. GET instead of RTV) to avoid any conflicts. Many of these tools duplicate the functions that were once done by the old TAATOOL utilities. Because those tools are now licensed, I have since replaced their function (at least the ones I was using) with my own utilities. In some cases, the tool names are still the same as the ones that TAATOOL used and therefore could cause issues if you still have those tools on your system.

Please remember that these tools are meant as reference and to help you create your own software. They can of course be used as is, but please make sure that you understand what they are doing before you try to use them. No one is perfect and programs can have bugs, protect your system at all times with backups!

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