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add ReadmeACSsp.txt to ACS update FTP site

for IBM ACS, when the 5733XJ1 package is updated and the FTP site references the new version, please add the ReadmeACSsp.txt from the zip file's "documentation" directory. ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/as400/products/clientaccess/solutions/updates/ Use...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Delivered

Enhance Ability to Rearrange Filters in RSE

RDp 8.51: It seems the only way to rearrange object filters in RSE is to right-click a filter and select "Move Up/Move Down" from the context menu. This is cumbersome when one has many filters, and a new one is added (since new filters are added a...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Controls for Procedure Creation Wizard Version Compatibility with /Free

I would like a *persistent* check-box on the Procedure Creation Wizard that allows for the Free/Fixed choice for D and P specs independently of the Free/Fixed for C specs. Use Case: I have been using V9.1 since it came out, but I am stuck on V5R3....
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Casing on Content Assist of File Data Structure Subfields

With fixpack 8.5.1, RDP Content Assist no longer picks up mixed case subfield names on data structures defined like a file. For example, if I have a file with a single field called CUSTNUM, if I use content assist on a data structure defined like ...
almost 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

ACS - Toggle On/Off Column Separators on Print Screens

Please add a check box in Print Screen Setup that allows us to turn off the column separators when doing a print screen. We need to have them visible on the screen, but when we do a screen print, they make the printout very hard to read. This chec...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 12 Delivered

RPG lpex editor line split

RPG line split starts the new line in position 1 and causes errors. Would be nice for it to create the new line with same indentation as the existing line (more like the embedded SQL editor). Would be really cool if it could word-wrap automaticall...
almost 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered

Add date to file name on download from HTML page

The option to add the date to the end of a file name at on demand download. Use Case: User views a file on an HTML page. Chooses Output to Excel 2007. File downloads with name: filename_20170609.xlsx
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 5 Delivered

Modify password lenght for CIFS client mount to more than 14 characters

We are facing issue of password length while mouting cifs share on AIX clients. As we all want to have more secure and safe IT infrastructure world. Also most of supporting tolls usied more complex and longer passwords. AIX also needs to improve t...
about 6 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Add an ANY_VALUE aggregate function

Please add an ANY_VALUE aggregate function, this would simplify queries that group by an id and also require other values that are known to be unique within the group. SELECT a.article_id, ANY_VALUE(a.description), COUNT(*) FROM article AS a JOIN ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

ACS allow data import as option on right click of a table

System i Navigator allowed data> import as an option on right click of a table without having to create an FDF. Use Case: We get .txt files from outside vendors in a fixed format once a quarter. We used to be able to import them directly throug...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered