VisualAge for RPG

An RPG development system for OS/2 and later also developed for Microsoft Windows and commonly referred to inside IBM as VRPG (and not VARPG as was the convention with other VisualAge family tools). The system has some OS/2 and Windows development capability including some good quality screen designers but is primarily as AS/400 development tool, the code generation for OS/2 and Windows is intended to create GUI clients for a client/server setup that includes an AS/400 server although stand-alone OS/2 and Windows applications can be created with the system. The package comes integrated with the LPEX editor and makes extensive use of the macro facilities included with it.

VisualAge RPG V4R5 was integrated into the IBM WebSphere Development Tools for AS/400.

Versions

 * 1995: Version 3, Release 6 - Last OS/2 only release
 * 1996: Version 3, Release 7 - First release with MS Windows support - Last OS/2 release


 * IBM AS/400 Programming Languages and Application Development Tools
 * Nov 1996: V3R7 - Application Development ToolSet Client Server for AS/400 (5716-CL3)
 * Feb 1998: V4R2 - Application Development ToolSet Client Server for AS/400 (ADTS CS) (5769-CL3)
 * May 1999: V4R4 - VisualAge RPG and Cooperative Development Environment for AS/400 (5769-CL3)
 * 2000: V4R5 - VisualAge RPG is now a feature of IBM WebSphere Development Tools for AS/400 (WDT/400)

Related software

 * Visual Tools/400 - VRPG file I/O control

Links

 * A copy of IBM's old VisualAge for RPG homepage - From Archive.org
 * Getting started with VisualAge for RPG
 * Sharon Hoffman: IBM's VRPG Hits the Street - 1995