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Languages - RPG

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    Extend OVERLOAD to Main-Procedure(s)

    It could be useful to have the opportunity to use the OVERLOAD Keyword for Main-Procedures too. Use Case: CTL-OPT MAIN(Main); DCL-PR Main OVERLOAD(mainWithNum :mainWithChar); DCL-PR mainWithNum; Integer INT(10) CONST;END-PR; DCL-PR mainWithChar; C...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

    Read pointer to a LOB

    We want to be able to read data in a lob from RPG using a pointer. The same way as we can work on data in a userspace through a pointer.This is actually an old request, but since we are using more and more LOB columns the need for doing this in a ...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Not under consideration

    Divide the RPG manual into a fixed format and a free format version

    For many years the RPG manual have described both the fixed format and the free format. As the years has passed the free format version of RPG has been more and more enhanced where the fixed format is more "steady". Now I feel that the manual is g...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Not under consideration

    Allow TEMPLATE keyword for standalone fields

    The template keyword allows data structures to be defined as a custom complex type simply for the purpose of defining other data structures with the same structure. Extending this to standalone variables will allow custom simple types to be define...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Functionality already exists

    New keyword OVR in DCL-F.

    In stead of OVR command before OPEN it would be usefull set an RPG field with OVR command. Use Case: DCL-F qSysPrt PRINTER OVR(myOvrCmd);DCL-S myOvrCmd VARCHAR(255);myOvrCmd = 'OUTQ(' + myOutQ + ') HOLD(*YES) SAVE(*YES)';OPEN qSysPrt;
    almost 10 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Not under consideration

    New control specification - Merge Default - MRGDFT

    I'm missing an option in the control-specification statements so I can specify an option and then tell the compiler that it should merge the defaults in the data areas RPGLEHSPEC or DFTLEHSPEC. It could be MRGDFT(*YES) and MRGDFT(*NO) Use Case: No...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

    RPG LE Level Break Subroutines for Free-format

    We need RPG LE level break subroutines for use in free-format so that fixed-format C-specs do not need to be coded at all for level break processing. Currently I not only have to code a fixed-format F-spec and I-spec in order for the RPG Cycle to ...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Not under consideration

    Divide the RPG manual into a fixed format and a free format version

    For many years the RPG manual have described both the fixed format and the free format. As the years has passed the free format version of RPG has been more and more enhanced where the fixed format is more "steady". Now I feel that the manual is g...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

    Allow to execute Commands directly from RPG without the QCMDEXC interface

    Similar to EXEC SQL, to do EXEC CMD or EXEC CL. Variables will be in the format &var1 like in CLP or :var1 like in SQL. Use Case: EXEC CMD CPYF FROMFILE(FromFile) TOFILE(QTEMP/Myfile) INCREL((*IF COLUMN1 *EQ &var1)) RTVSYSVAL SYSVAL(QSRLNB...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Not under consideration

    %Split should allow array index

    Currently %Split returns an array, but it would be nice if it would allow a single index of the array to be returned directly by coding for example mystring = %Split(string: ':')(1); This avoids using a work array.
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

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