Projex4i - the free IBMi Developer Toolkit

Just what is Projex4i ?

Essentially PROJEX4i (previously known as Projex400) is a free IBMi application for [as400] developers and operators. 

It's an application bursting with goodies designed to make life easier for every developer, operator and user of the IBMi AS/400 iSeries i5/OS. Speeding application development and boosting problem investigation is going to save you time and money. Projex4i is, and always has been, free!

Projex400 has been around since 1990 (originally branded PGMRAID it was renamed PROJEX400 in 1994 and is in the process of PROJEX4i right now!) and this library of commands and applets has multiplied many times over during this time. The bundle contains some really neat tools that enable you to use provided commands or menu options to present you with data in very readable formats.

Essentially PROJEX4i is a collection of Software tools; utilities, commands, procedures or any other way you choose to describe them.

Everything in the PROJEX4i Toolkit is command driven. This allows you easy access from any command line. Another bonus is that you can apply commands to areas like PDM with ease. For example, if you wanted to use the SRTSRCMBR command to upgrade your RPG source you could simply create a PDM User Defined option running the SRTSRCMBR command and then repeat that for the entire source file that you have selected using PDM.

The tools are constantly evolving and new commands, enhancements to existing commands and other optional details are being added all the time.

The main aim of PROJEX4i is simply to add functionality to areas of the IBM iSeries that are not necessarily simple to use, enhance existing commands within the operating system and to generate clear and simple displays providing detailed information in an easy to understand format.

PROJEX4i has evolved over a number of years and several different versions of OS/400: The current version is available in Risc flavours for i5/OS v5r4+

The toolkit contains many utilities aiding IBMi developers and End users in areas as diverse as:

• Program development
• Object Management
• Database management
• Documentation
• Problem determination
• Debugging
• Year 2000 data management and impact analysis
• Time planning and reporting
• Multi-platform communications tools
• Source file editing tools
• User Games
• and much more!

Extensive On-line Help1 text is available against all parameters for each command, and also available from any displayable screen.
 

NEWSFLASH (2012)

PROJEX4i is the new name for PROJEX400. It's going to be Open Source. It's work in progress but should have it all done within the next few weeks. All compiled objects sets (EGGS) will be available to download and install directly from here.