This past month we were contacted by a company running on IBM i. The question: Can you help me process credit cards using First Data from our legacy RPG order entry system? The answer: Absolutely! RPG-XML Suite can be used to facilitate XML communications from RPG with any business partner that
RPG-XML Suite
Handling XML Reserved Characters
One of the more common support questions we receive from RPG-XML Suite users is: How can I use XML reserved characters in my XML request or response? The following XML produces parsing errors: <CompanyName>Smith & Doe Incorporated</CompanyName> What do I do? The questioner is
Cloud 9 Telephony Integration with Five9
As we continue to explore the business partners RPG-XML Suite is used to communicate with, this month leaves us on Cloud 9 with Five9! One of our existing customers is currently utilizing web services by Five9 to integrate and automate their internal call-center telephony processes. How can Five9
Processing Unicode Natively with RPG-XML Suite
One of the design goals for our newest version of RPG-XML Suite was to allow for smoother handling of character sets, also referred to as CCSID’s. We’ve seen that many developers are communicating with systems using Unicode character sets such as UTF-8. In many cases, there's a need to be able
Striking it Big with StrikeIron Web Services
In a recent customer survey, StrikeIron was mentioned as a leading business partner that RPG-XML Suite users utilize. StrikeIron offers many web services you can take advantage of to enrich and improve the quality of your IBM i business customer data. What kind of specific web services are
Configuring your next Audi with RPG-XML Suite
I'm always interested in learning more about the business benefits that our software delivers out in the field. I'm even more interested when the field involves fast German cars. I've purchased one new car in my life - with full mental realization of an immediate 10% depreciation after the drive
EchoSign it – Obtaining Electronic Signatures with RPG-XML Suite
Nearly every company requires documents to be signed in order to facilitate business transactions. Some require hundreds or thousands to be processed daily. Gone is the day of the fax machine. Even a document scanner that facilitates the exchange of signed documents via email can be perceived as
Understanding cXML
Occasionally we receive questions asking whether RPG-XML Suite handles cXML. While the answer is “Yes!”, this post is intended to provide some background information about just what cXML consists of, and how it compares and relates to standard XML. First of all, it’s important to understand that
SOAP, WDSL, HTTP, XSD? What the?
Man alive, this web services stuff is confusing! Every time I turn around, I hear about a new acronymn that is supposed to somehow fit into the so-called next generation of communication. The number of acronymns and concepts related to web services can seem diabolical to the novice. But you don't
LeasePlan uses RPG-XML Suite to support 1.3 million vehicles across 32 countries
By Jim Utsler, IBM Systems Magazine: Big data has become an industry buzzword, but the interpretation of the term varies from organization to organization. To some, it may be as simple as receiving both structured and unstructured data. To others, it could be data coming from a variety of
