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IBM i

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    Allow MONMSG RMV(*YES)

    When running CL programs, the joblog contains a lot of messages that are not relevant to the process. For example consider this code snippet below which leaves message cpf9801 in the joblog. On the other hand, `monmsg cpf9801 exec(do) RMV(*YES)` w...
    3 days ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

    Have the host in the APis response

    Hello,In RSEAPIs, you can connect to a host partition. Would it be possible to have at the start of jsons in response to operations the host on which the action took place : {"host": "localhost", ....} or {"host": "MyHost", ....} Depending on the ...
    4 days ago in IBM i / Web Serving 0 Submitted

    Fixentral Downloads of Machine Code updates are limited to 25 per day, Automate request to download beyond the stated limit

    As an outsourcing provider managing numerous customers and hundreds of LPARs, we frequently encounter challenges due to the current restriction of 25 machine code downloads per day.This limitation significantly impacts our ability to perform essen...
    3 months ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 34 Under review

    ACS Run SQL Scripts - Move Tab to New Window

    Sometimes I will have 2+ tabs open in a single Run SQL Scripts window, but then have a need to pull one out into its own window. Currently this is a manual process - Open a new window, open the desired SQL script or copy/paste the original tab's c...
    2 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

    Include trial license with RDi 9.9

    Please add the temporary trial license to RDi 9.9. I had a fully licensed copy of RDi 9.8 (permanent licenses are handled by my client). I upgraded to 9.9, but because there is no license included, my RDi 9.9 is useless. Nothing works without the ...
    2 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

    Automate add or update of Certificate instead of manual process in DCM

    A new process is being implemented reducing the number of days a certificate will be valid. Apple, Google and others are already implementing this. https://www.digicert.com/blog/tls-certificate-lifetimes-will-officially-reduce-to-47-days In 2 week...
    4 days ago in IBM i / Security 1 Submitted

    enable interactive user and password authentication on sftp client

    It would be useful to have the same possibility that is present on all other Windows and Linux systems.
    10 days ago in IBM i / Networking 0 Submitted

    Allow calculated values for CONST and INZ

    Currently, only hard-coded values ​​are allowed when initializing a variable or constant. dcl-c BIT31_EXC_SENT const(2147483648) ; dcl-c BIT31_EXC_SENT const(x'80000000') ; or dcl-s BIT31_EXC_SENT uns(10) inz(2147483648) const ; dcl-s BIT31_EXC_SE...
    10 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    Typed constants

    It is possible to type enumerations, that is, the constants within the enumeration. However, it is impossible to type a constant outside of an enumeration. Compilation OK : //1. Typed & qualified enum dcl-enum ACTION char(3) qualified ; dcl-c...
    10 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

    Add OVRSCOPE to OVERRIDE_INFO

    Please add the Override Scope, parameter OVRSCOPE in most OVRxxx commands, as a column to the results returned by the Override Information View, OVERRIDE_INFO. I find it surprising that this was missed from the specifications as most of us who nee...
    11 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

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