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QSH and QCMD shell directly in ACS

Provide ssh : sshfs, sftp, qsh and qcmd shell directly in ACS for fast administrative access. Use Case: Avoid to configure and work throuth a 5250 terminal and menu session first. Improve to access support of SSH setup. Efficent work from any java...
about 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

Search within Outline VIEW

A search window within OUTLINE - which will reduce the display to only values I am entering..( And I attached a little screenshot)So when I have 4 fields with rss01 rss02 rst001 rst002 and I am entering "rs" - all fields are still displayed.Howeve...
over 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

Add support for Java 17 to IBM i

Java 17 is a "LTS" or long term support version. By the time IBM i 7.5+1 comes out Java 11 will be down to only "Security Support" instead of "Active Support". IBM support for jdk8 dies April of 2025 so one might as well go to JDK17.
over 3 years ago in IBM i / JAVA 6 Delivered

Drag and drop from PC to IFS

Please allow drag and drop of files from PC to IFS. Use Case: Drag a file from a PC to the IFS instead of using the current upload option.
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Delivered

Enhance %DEC to recognize and accept thousands separators

Currently, the %DEC BIF interprets either/both comma and decimal -- regardless of the QDECFMT system value -- as the decimal point. If the character representation of a number contains both, error RNX0105 occurs. This should not happen. In an inte...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Delivered

iACS SQL Scripts - loading >100 records

When running an SQL script, only 100 records are loaded. It's very boaring to scroll and scroll ....if there are many records to be loaded. Use Case: It could be fine to increase the loading value. Better, if the client could decide himself how ma...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

Add P7-zip to IBM i YUM repository

P7zip/7zip is an amazing compressor with many options, multithreading and encryption Use Case: We have a tool for IBM i backup based on scripts (CL and BASH script) using JAR and PZIP from PERZL. P7ZIP allows to compress using multiple threads and...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 3 Delivered

HTTPGETBLOB result to IFS

Currently, HTTPGETBLOB results can't be easily pushed to the IFS. Use Case: My specific use case is for bootstrapping installation of the forthcoming PASE yum packages that were announced at COMMONs17. Conceptual syntax: SELECT SYSTOOLS.HTTPGETBLO...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 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...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Print 15 Delivered

RDi: Error list does not position to correct source line if any source lines have been added or deleted

System: RDi for RPGActor: User needing defective feature to be fixed RDi currently provides the ability to quickly position to compiler errors by double-clicking the error in the Error List. Issue: If you modify your source code by adding or delet...
almost 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

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