RPG Meets the Web
If you thought you needed to learn Java to drive dynamic interactive web pages, think again! You can do it with RPG IV. In this session, we will cover the basics of using HTML and CGI to drive dynamic web page content from your RPG programs! If you know the RPG IV language and you want to allow your RPG applications to interact with the web, this class will give you a head start. You can do it ... with RPG!

Jon Paris   has been involved in the Data Processing industry for nearly 30 years. His career has covered the spectrum from Operations, to Compiler design. He currently works as a Senior Consultant for Hal North America Limited. Jon's S/3X career started when he fell in love with the System/38 while working as a consultant. This love affair ultimately led him to joining IBM. Contracted by the Toronto Laboratory, in 1987, to work on the S/36 and S/38 COBOL compilers, Jon became involved with the AS/400 and in particular COBOL/400. Invited to join IBM full-time in 1988, Jon continued to work on COBOL/400. In early 1989 Jon was transferred to the Languages Architecture and Planning Group, with particular responsibility for the COBOL and RPG languages. In this role he played a major role in the definition of the new RPG IV language. In 1994 he moved to his current position where he is involved in producing educational and other support materials and services related to AS/400 programming languages and development tools, such as CODE/400 and VRPG. Jon is a frequent speaker at User Group meeting and conferences around the world.