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IBM i

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    Allow checking multiple defined conditions with one /IF compiler directive

    Checking multiple defined conditions is cumbersome - if a part of code should only be combined when two conditions are defined, one has to use nested /IF directives: /IF DEFINED(condition1) /IF DEFINED(condition2) // code only compiled when condit...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    Add a CLI assitant similar to RHEL "Command Line Assistant" on IBM i (and AIX)

    Everyday we hear about experts shortage on IBM i . The RHEL CLI Assistant is loaded with support tickets , and it looks really great. It ca even write scripts for basic operation. It would be great a similar tool on AIX and IBM i , so we can check...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 0 Submitted

    RDI: Remember last Filter view > Date

    When right clicking in a source and select Filter view > Dateit allways shows the current date and less than.In almost 100% of cases I change it to a lesser date for example 251001 and search for greater than. This works OK. I can see what has ...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    Add ability to open SQL scripts from github

    Hello, We store a lot of our custom SQL scripts in Github nowadays, we would find it useful to have ability to open scripts from Github repository. Run SQL Scripts > File > Open > PC File / IFS Stream File / Source Physical File + Github ...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    More than 10000 lines in the System Debugger

    We have (very) few big COBOL programs generated from an old 4GL generator. Theses programs exceed 10000 lines so we cannot acces to all the lines, and then we need to run STRDBG to debug them. We will be pleased to have more lines (20000 would be ...
    13 days ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

    When Navigator is configured to support TLS, unsecure http requests to port 2001 should redirect to Navigator over https port 2003

    Some customers configure TLS but do not disable the nonsecure ports "just in case". They use the https ports, but the nonsecure interface is still running. When running in this configuration, a request to http://servername:2001/ will redirect to t...
    24 days ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

    Fail the compile when source information cannot be inserted into the object

    When a module is created, the source information is inserted into the object description. There can be a situation where the source cannot be allocated to fetch the information. Instead of failing the compile, the source information inside the obj...
    25 days ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

    Add a compiler directive to emit a message to the compiler listing

    Under special circumstances it can be useful to add a user defined warning or error to the compiler listing - even to the extend, that a module should not compile. A new compiler directive "/MESSAGE" should be introduced like this: /IF NOT DEFINED...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    Add documentation option to a SQL service in RSS

    VS code has the brilliant option when hovering over a SQL service in a SQL request it allows you to search IBM documentation for this specific SQL service. This idea is about adding the same kind of functionality to ACS RSS if possible.
    27 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

    Warn customers before Defective PTFs are applied

    Customers often download CUMEs or HIPERs well before they plan to apply them. During the interim, one or more PTFs may be marked defective, but the system allows the PTFs to be applied without warning customers. The following scenario is a possibl...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 0 Submitted

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