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Languages - RPG

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Allow qualified names in like/likeds

Please allow to use qualified names in like/likeds keywords. It would really save many lines of code. Use Case: // Let's say we have such template DSDcl-Ds t_User Qualified Template; Login Char(10) ; Name Char(30); Surname Char(30); Dcl-Ds Address...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Delivered

Allow the CONST keyword for a standalone field or data structure

Our Generator (Synon) generates Code in Fixed RPG. Also we need to use our input and output fields in soap-server-modules as datastructures. So we have the problem to sign the *entry plist parms as an input or output (or both) - structure. It woul...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Delivered

Support Array names and %SUBARR on %MIN and %MAX in RPG IV

The IBM i v7r2 RPG IV enhancements of %MIN and %MAX do not support the use of an RPG ARRAY name as their only parameter. This would provide the ability to extract the min/max of an array of elements. Supporting an array name as well as %SUBARR wou...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 12 Delivered

Need True Overloading for RPG Sub-Procedures

For RPG, add true overloading for sub-procedure parameters. The options(*nopass :*omit) is fine but not enough and does not provide true overloading. We want the ability to create several procedures of the same exact name, but different signatures...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Delivered

Allow use of constant in ON-EXCP

Using constants in ON-EXCP would make the code more readable, and allow to share message ids in includes. Example: dcl-c ERR_CUSTOMER_NOT_FOUND 'ERR3452'; monitor; // do something.. on-excp ERR_CUSTOMER_NOT_FOUND; // handler endmon;
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Delivered

%timestamp with micro seconds

Build in function %timestamp returns 000 in the micro second part. By using SQL you can get timestamp with micro seconds, but we measure a larger cpu consumption.The requirement is %timestamp with micro seconds and same performance as today! Use C...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Delivered

See the return value for a procedure in the debugger

A developer needs the ability to interrogate a subprocedure return value. For more information, see CAAC requirement AD0183 at https://www.ibmilug.ihost.com/commonag/treqs.nsf/9c76f872792db457862573af004e1b49/15e2bf03abc04e6486257611000cc6cd?OpenD...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Delivered

Increase line size of SRCSTMF on the CRTSQLRPGI command.

As an attempt to modernize my application source code I am storing my sqlrpgle code on the IBM i IFS and was attempting to use IBM Better Object Builder (BOB) to compile my code. It is frustrating though, that I still have to deal with a 100 lengt...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Delivered

TR level should be included in the front page of the RPG Reference

I'm saving a copy of the documentation for the ILE RPG Reference as a PDF-document on my PC. It is convenient when working off line or when the lines are slow. But I'm missing that the TR level is included in the front page (see attachment). It wo...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Delivered

system name in program datastructure

Hello, when you Change the program datastructure (RFE 103671) would it be possible to add the System Name? When you work with different systems you often need the system name. Today you have to use a API to get the system name. It would be really ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 6 Delivered

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