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offer training in official french on the aix system

enable French speakers around the world to improve their skills in ibm aix
over 1 year ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

make os aix virtualizable with vmware or virtualbox

os aix is too little known in the student world. offer a virtualizable test version with x64 processors
over 1 year ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

CL Parsing in LPEX Editor not using Line Length Preference Setting

The CL Parser in the LPEX Editor does not use the "Line Length" preference setting (for splitting a formatted command into multiple lines) when the "Automatic formatting" preference is turned off -- even though the "Line Length" preference shows a...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

Add Program/Library and Job to Index Advised Table

The index advised table (and the according Navigator interfaces) should be enhanced by adding the (last) program and job identification that caused that specific index advise to be added/updated. Use Case: In order to perform general application p...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Save and Restore WPAR

After restwpar, cannot exportvg as it didn't contain VG ODM along with, only /dev/... file which needs to be deleted manually. Customer don't want to do this way as there are 100+ of wpars and some datavg has a lot of LVs inside. If wrongly deleti...
about 4 years ago in AIX 0 Not under consideration

Options for Line Breaks

Need ability to change type of line break: double underline, dashed line, etc. Also, when putting line breaks causes two lines in one area, show those. Use Case: Payroll, Fixed and Variable Expense lines separated from Total expense by single line...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 4 Not under consideration

Binder language automatic generation

It would be an excelent feature if RDp allow the user to select from a list of procedures in an RPG source code, which procedures are going to be exported. RDp generates the necessary binder language in a source member specified by the user. Use C...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Add identity of Database File and Member in QSPL of the SPOOLED File to QUSRSPLA API

Please add the name of the QSPL database file and member to the Retrieve SPOOLED File Attributes API. If there are multiple members/files, then return it as an repeating list of this with the offset and count as the way to jump to the info. Perhap...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Print 1 Future consideration

Startup JVM on QZDASOINIT prestart process.

Would like the ability to specify a program or command to execute that will start up a JVM, for each of my prestarted QZDASOINIT jobs. Use Case: I have about 100+ customers running web apps, and connected via JDBC pooling from Spring. We are runni...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

STRPCCMD PAUSE(*NO) switch should NOT pause emulator session

Using the STRPCCMD with the switch PAUSE(*NO) should not pause the emulator session for GUI-applications. When launching a Windows GUI-application, users should still be able to function inside the emulator session without restriction. ***WORKAROU...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

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