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Double-click include "*" for *blank/*off/*on

When you double-click on a source element in RPG when using IBM's Rational Developer for i, it normally knows what to highlight (variable, keyword, etc). With the special values of *blank, *off and *on, it highlights only the text and ignores the ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Enhance color-coding/readability

One of the many things that makes RDp a valuable IDE is the color coding it provides in RPG (opcodes, comments, field definitions, etc.). It's nice, but it could be better, in my opinion. I would really like to see any system reserved words color ...
almost 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Provide meaningful info with errpt id 32BB81EF and FBD8625E - UNKNOWN error against SEA

with VIO 3.1.3.21, errpt now shows entries with 32BB81EF and FBD8625E but the data is meaningless to the end user. Allegedly, this is an indication that the SEA has become "primary" again, according to IBM Support. But, errpt id E48A73A4 already t...
over 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 2 Delivered

Add message key to tabel function JOBLOG_INFO

Add a column with the message key to the table function JOBLOG_INFO(). This way you can easily remove unwanted messages from the joblog. Use Case: To make the joblog more readable we remove the unwanted messages. This reduces the time the support ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

increase encrypted password hash algorithm

The request is to increase the complexity of the hashed password as it is provided by QSYRUPWD API. Use Case: Even if the API is provided with *EXCLUDE authority for *PUBLIC, for a user profile with *ALLOBJ special authority, this is easy to retri...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 4 Delivered

Customise Partition Gallery View to Add Reference Code

The gallery view in the Enhanced view of HMC does not show the Reference Code of the LPAR in the "Partitions" view or of the System Unit in the "All Systems" view. There are times when this information is key!, it is possible to switch to the Tabl...
almost 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 4 Delivered

Image sharing between projects

Enable support for "public" or "shared" images to enable service providers or multi-tenant enterprise consumers to easily reuse PowerVC images.
over 7 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

Need better and easier Licensing APIs or Method

Using the existing IBM i 3rd-party software licensing APIs (QLZA*) has never been fun. Today we have customers moving to new systems and obtaining new serial numbers "everyday". This presents a major issue. Some customers while they have licensed ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 8 Delivered

Add extra Keywords &SYSNAME and &SYSDESC to Watermark Options

Currently the Watermark function you can use keywords : &COMPNComputer name&HOST - Host name defined within the emulator session.&ID - Current session ID.&NAME - Current session name.&USERN - User name that started the JVM. It ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Requesting IBM i Service to return message text

Requesting IBM i Service to return message file text. values MESSAGE_FILE_TEXT(MESSAGE_NUMBER,MESSAGE_FILE,MESSAGE_FILE_LIBRARY,MESSAGE_DATA,'*FIRST')would return the first level message text. For a comparison seeRTVMSG MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(&...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

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