After completing RPG IV Programming: Externally Described Files, the user should be able to:

	Distinguish among physical files, logical files, and field-reference files
	Describe the storage implications of numeric and character data types
	Explain externally described printer files

Physical Files

	AS/400 and iSeries database files
	Defining physical files
	Data types and data storage

Logical Files

	About logical files
	Simple logical files
	Record selection/omission
	Multiple record formats

Creating and Using Database Files

	Join-logical files
	RPG IV and externally defined files
	Field-reference files

Printer Files

	Reports defined externally
	Sample DDS coding
	Output editing in DDS
	RPG program considerations
	Example program

This course has the following features:

	Exercises that allow users to practice in RPG IV
	A file containing the text of the exercises
	Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to RPG IV
	A glossary
	A Skill Assessment

	Experience as an AS/400 or iSeries end user
	RPG IV Programming: Introduction to RPG (RPGI01)
	RPG IV Programming: Getting Started with RPG (RPGI02)
	RPG IV Programming: Defining Data (RPGI03)
	RPG IV Programming: Arithmetic Operations (RPGI04)
	RPG IV Programming: Flow of Control (RPGI05)

	RPG IV Programming: File Access and Record Manipulation (RPGI07)
	RPG IV Programming: Interactive Applications (RPGI08)
	RPG IV Programming: Tables and Arrays (RPGI09)

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