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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

Is in-active migration supported?

Is in-active (VM in shutoff state) migration supported? Currently in PowerVC (V 1.3.0.2), when VM is in shutoff state, the "migration" button is disabled. HMC supports in-active migration too
over 8 years ago in PowerVC 7 Delivered

DCM- Support for Digital Certificate Manager on port 2010

HTTPAdmin server runs securely on port 2010 (unsecure 2001) New DCM interface is hard-coded to run on port 2001. When implementing secure connection to the HTTPAdmin server to 2010 it breaks the new DCM portal. I had case TS003633830 open with sup...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 5 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...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 12 Delivered

Support for Data Reduction Pools

We would like PowerVC to support data reduction pools.
over 6 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

Always show subroutine/sub-procedure name where cursor is located

Recent changes to Rational Developer allow the user to display the name of the subroutine/sub-procedure that the cursor is located in. This only works if the cursor is not on a control statement (a line that contains IF, ELSE, DO, SELECT, etc.). T...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Compare Doesn't Merge from RSE

In iProjects source compare provides a way to merge differences from one source file to the other. However, when comparing source from within RSE, this feature is missing even though by all other appearances, it is the same. Please add the merge o...
almost 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered

Add IFS source option to CRTxxPGM

Please allow usage of IFS source files for CRTxxxPGM (such as CRTCLPGM) Use Case: Since orion is available on IBM i we can create a lot of source files in IFS. Not all CRTxxxPGM commands are enabled to make use of IFS source files.
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 5 Delivered

Add preference to default all opens to be browse only.

I want all my opens from features that allow a choice to default to browse unless I choose other wise on that open selection. Use Case: I am a developer that has *ALLOBJ authority and when I open members (mostly through the "Open Member in Editor"...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 10 Delivered

Service Manager for Pase

Right now every tool in pase has its own way to start it. This is hard to remember. For example to start Nginx you would run nginx -c /www/nginx/nginx.conf to end Nginx you would run nginx -c /www/nginx/nginx.conf -s stop It would be much easier i...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 3 Delivered

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