{"id":7706,"date":"2013-06-10T17:30:48","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T15:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/?p=7706"},"modified":"2021-07-26T14:46:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T12:46:03","slug":"mc-press-online-rpg-free-format-and-db2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/news-events\/arcad-press-articles\/mc-press-online-rpg-free-format-and-db2\/","title":{"rendered":"MC PRESS ONLINE &#8211; RPG Free-Format and DB2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:60%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.2%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.2%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:50px;\"><p><strong>What&#8217;s New in IBM i 7.1 TR7?<br \/>\nToday IBM announces IBM i 7.1 Technology Refresh 7. Here are the details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RPG IV Is Free-Form<\/p>\n<p>Probably the biggest news in this announcement is the fact that RPG IV is now almost entirely free-form. Two items that use the old RPG cycle (input and output specs) won&#8217;t be free-form.<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-small button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcpressonline.com\/current-events-commentary\/analysis-of-news-events\/in-the-wheelhouse-rpg-goes-free-format-and-db2-for-i-does-big-data-better\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Read this article<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcad-press-articles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MC PRESS ONLINE - RPG Free-Format and DB2 - ARCAD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What\u2019s New in IBM i 7.1 TR7? 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