ASNA Visual RPG for .NET Framework : Overview

AVR empowers your RPG programmers to do lots of  things!

ASNA Visual RPG® es un compilador de RPG para .NET Framework de Microsoft

ASNA Visual RPG (AVR) works inside Visual Studio and directly produces .NET Framework binaries (as Microsoft Intermediate Language files). Combining familiar RPG idioms, opcodes, and record-level access with the programming power and extensibility of .NET, AVR empowers traditional RPG programmers to create modern IBM i applications with .NET using their existing RPG skills.

AVR se puede usar para crear una variedad de tipos de programas y se conecta directamente a IBM i y Microsoft SQL Server, usando modismos de RPG como su modelo de acceso a nivel de registro, estructuras de datos, funciones integradas de RPG y archivos descritos externamente. Los programadores tradicionales de juegos de rol pueden ser productivos con ASNA Visual RPG muy rápidamente.

Ventajas de Visual RPG

• • Amplíe el alcance de su IBM i.NET proporciona formas poderosas de integrar su IBM i con tecnologías como servicios web de socios comerciales, Excel, interfaces de usuario basadas en navegador, escritorios de Windows, bases de datos como SQL Server o MySQL, computación móvil, SharePoint Portal Server y dispositivos de entrada alternativos.
  • Resultados rápidos AVR implementa fielmente modismos y operaciones de RPG que hacen que los codificadores de RPG se sientan como en casa muy rápidamente. Un programador de juegos de rol tradicional puede ser productivo con AVR en un par de semanas.
  • Powerful programming environment. AVR snaps into Microsoft’s Visual Studio where it takes advantage of Visual Studio’s powerful features including its integrated debugger, editor, forms designer, and deployment tools.
  • Superb database connectivity.  AVR connects to the IBM i through ASNA DataGate. DataGate provides secure and performant IBM i and MS SQL Server database access and it also provides a great IBM i program call (via CALL/PARM). AVR can also connect to any industry standard SQL database through .NET’s ADO.NET.
  • Modernize IBM i data visualization. AVR applications can be created with visual elements such as charts and images. Through this visual understanding of your IBM i enterprise data, users can make more informed decisions.
  • Integrate your programming teams. Many IBM i shops have both PC programming teams and IBM i RPG programming teams. While it’s not true for all shops, for many shops these two teams live on different planets, use different water coolers, and generally ignore each other. AVR bridges that chasm between the two programming groups. With AVR, your RPG programmers will positively engage, integrate, and produce results with your PC programming team.

AVR for .NET Framework did a great job enabling us to create the Online Permit Center. Our RPG developers are familiar with the IBM i record-level-access model and its CALL/PARM program—these are things that AVR for .NET does naturally. Once our developers sharpened their skillsets for the unique requirements of browser-based applications, we were quickly building Web sites!

—Tim Stinar, Programmer/Analyst, City of Redding (California)