BCIS 66 - Control Language Programming

Tuesday - Fall 1998

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Instructor:  Marge Hohly
Room:  BE-12
Time:  Tuesday 5:00-10:00 p.m.
Ticket Number:  #2340
Phone Number:  (562) 860-2451 Ext. 2736, voice mail available  
(562) 467-5033 or Ext. 5033 no voice mail
Office:  SS-25
Office Hours:  Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 4:00-5:00 p.m. in BE-12 or SS-12
Text:  Control Language programming for the AS/400, by Bryan Meyers and Dan Riehl, Duke Communications International, 1997 Second Edition
Course Materials: 2 Scantrons 882e
Email Address:  Hohly@cerritos.edu

Home Page: 

http://www.cerritos.edu/Hohly

  BASIS FOR DETERMINING COURSE GRADE:

Assignments 12 @ 35 pt. ea. 420
Written/Homework Assignments 50
Midterm @ 100 pt. 100
Final Exam 100
Total Points 670

    A=603, B=536, C=435, D=355, Fail=354 and below


Tentative Schedule

Week #  Date 

TOPICS TO BE COVERED 

Chapters 

Assignments 


Aug. 18 
Introduction  
Review of SEU and PDM  
What is CL?  
Control Language Command Names
Appendix B: PDM 
Appendix C: SEU
1
Lab Assignment #1 

Aug 25 
Command Parameters  
AS/400 User Interfaces

 

Sept. 1 
Creating CL Programs  
Structure of CL Source Member

Lab Assignment #2 

Sept. 8 
Declaring Program Variables  
CHGVAR Command

Lab Assignment #3 

Sept 15 
CL Control Structures  
Expressions

10 
Lab Assignment #4 

Sept. 22 
Controlling Work Flow  
Basic Error Handling
11 
12 
Lab Assignment #5

Sept 29 
Passing Program Parameters  
Retrieving and Changing External Attributes
13 
14 
Lab Assignment #6

Oct. 6 
Files and Data Areas 15  Lab Assignment # 7 

Oct. 13 
Advanced Message Handling 16  Lab Assignment #8   
Written Assignments Chapters 1-15 due
10 
Oct. 20 

***Lab***
Review for Midterm 

   
11 
Oct. 27 

***Midterm*** 

   
12 
Nov. 3 
Advanced File Techniques  
Advanced Command Prompting
17 
18 
Lab Assignment #9  
Lab Assignment #10
13 
Nov. 10 
Using IBM-Supplied APIs  
Displaying and Changing Command Attributes
19 
20 
Lab Assignment #11 
14 
Nov. 17 
Understanding the Job Log  
Writing, Testing, and  
ILE Environment
21 
22 
Lab Assignment #12 
15 
Nov. 24 
User-Defined Commands  
Command Processing Programs
23 
24 
Lab Assignment #13 (bonus)  
Written Assignments Chapters 16-24 due
16 
Dec. 1 

***Lab*** 

   
17 
Dec. 8 

***Lab***
Review 

   
18 
Dec. 15 

*Final Exam 5:00-7:00 p.m.* Tuesday Dec. 15 

   

  The information in this syllabus is tentative and subject to change. Changes will be announced in class.

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