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FUSE - File System API

It would be appreciated if a user defines filesystem could be plugged into the IFS to enhance user defined connectivity Use Case: Use case 1 - Images in Db2 BLOB.Imagine a user defined file system that maps BLOB into data that can be open by stand...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Not under consideration

create a BIF for transliteration/transform facility (ICU BASED)

String replacement and transliteration is an extremely common task in business applications and communication to external parties in international settings. This produce a lot of custom code (and a lot of substandard one) in IBM shops. To do it pr...
10 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 4 Submitted

HTTP logging of HTTP_GET_VERBOSE and HTTP_POST_VERBOSE

When consuming a web service using the SQL based HTTP_GET_VERBOSE and HTTP_POST_VERBOSE, it would be extremely helpful to get a full log of the HTTP communication to the web service much like the LIBHTTP tools allowed for. Currently there is a way...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

Stream file source for UIM objects

The UIM language has a feature to import a copybook source member, with the .im tag. I would like to see this support IFS paths to a stream file, in the same way that you can with e.g. RPG's /include . This would allow me to compile UIM menus from...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Future consideration

How to input UTF16 over 20000 (ISO /IEC 10646)

Under win 10,some UTF-16 chinese characters are working finewith RPGLE /RPG... and Display FileBut some chinese character with "ISO/IEC 10646" value > 20000, such as "ISO/IEC 10646" = 21884 We cannot input and displayCould you fix it ? Regards ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 5 Not under consideration

No VLDCHKR-Test at Compile-Time of Calling Programs

1. A CMD uses a VLDCHKR-Pgm 2. If I use this CMD in a CL and the Source of the CL will be compiled, the Parms have to be fullfilled other way the compilation fails. Use Case: If I use a CMD from a third-party supplier, then I have to consider the ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Add a flag to the Retrieve Command Definition (QCDRCMDD) API

We are using the API to get the command definition such as the Parameters with it's keywords and values. However if the command has a choice program, that program is executed. This can cause unexpected things to occur. In one example, the choice p...
4 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Future consideration

ACS: Improve user experience by using better button texts

When the user get's an error message that needs to be confirmed try to provide the dialog in such a way that the user does not need to read the error message but can infer the action from the button text. See attachments.
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Not under consideration

ACS Hotspots

We would like to take full advantage of ACS Hotspots but there is a conflict with programs where the mouse button has been enabled to recognise a double-click. The ENTER at cursor position also treated as double-click takes precedence and returns ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

Reconsider XMLTOOLKIT (5733XT2)

I learned that IBM plans to end support for XMLTOOLKIT (5733XT2). As far as I know, this product is the only option available, if you want to create xml with RPG when you need to create elements dynamically. Please reconsider further development o...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Not under consideration