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Start having IBM Navigator for i use Java 17

Start having IBM Navigator for i use Java 17 as IBM announced End of Service for Java 8 will be April of 2025 for all platforms except Z. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk-lifecycle-dates Do not use Java 11 as IBM announced that 7.5 wil...
3 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

New SQL table function to return Journal Receiver Information

Currently there is no way, except programmatically via calling the QjoRetrieveJournalInformation API and specifying KEY=1, to retrieve a list of journal receivers and information about them. Providing a SQL Table Function, or other SQL object, to ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

We need the possibility of creating PDF-files with QRCODE (Barcode) using InfoPrintServer

More and more of our Customer requires some information as QRCODE (Barcode) on documents which are sent as PDF via Email using InfoPrintServer. Use Case: Many of our Customers requires to have the document number (e.g. invoice no), partnumber, ord...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Print 15 Delivered

Generate COMMENT for SQL objects along with LABEL

When the SQL generations programs from IBM i to obtain DDLs from database objects create the sentences for describing the objects they use the statement "LABEL". Meanwhile the rest of databases (DB2 LUW, Oracle...) use the statement "COMMENT".We a...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Prompt FTP client to trust remote CA issuer

When connecting to a remote FTPS server and the issuer is not trusted in DCM, prompt the user to all to continue with the SSL connection Use Case: Send data
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Networking 6 Delivered

PowerVC support for attaching FC tape drives via NPIV

PowerVM LPARs use NPIV to access FC Tape drives/libraries connected to SAN. Moreover most of the customers use separate FC adapters to keep tape and disk I/O separate. Currently, in PowerVC there is no way to achieve this.
almost 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

Create LAN Console connection via ACS CLI options

Allow ACS CLI to create a LAN Console connection configuration.
7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Zone tape drives to separate set of vFC and Physical FC ports other than the ones used for disk access

Currently PowerVC zones tape drives to same set of vFC and Physical adapters that are also accessing disks. But industry best practice does not allow this. As per best practice Tape drives are mapped to separate set of vFC and Physical FC ports to...
over 5 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

Checking for Optional Parameters in CLLE

Now that we have %ADDR and the *NULL keyword in CL/ILE, it would be awfully, awfully nice (for cross-language consistency) that since we have %PARMS, %PARMNUM, and the *BLANKS and *ZEROS keywords in RPG/ILE, that we could also have the same in CL/...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Delivered

Change behaviour of TAB-key for /free lines

Please change the way the TAB-key works for /free lines to act the same as the TAB-key in the Eclipse Java editor. Do not change the behavior for fixed-format lines. Today the TAB-key moves the cursor to the next tab at the right, respectively Shi...
over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered

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