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.bat Data Transfer logging

I am doing a data transfer request through a .bat file. It is recording some financial data so I was required to write logs whenever the transfer is run. I was able to get the transfer to work fine, but adding in the logging seams to have broken i...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Access Client Solutions Printer Output Security

Access Client SolutionsThe option to view the printer output was added (which is a great addition) but the user has the ability to filter and view other users output. This may have information that shouldn't be seen by others. Use Case: I would li...
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Do not show RPGLE hover info that simply parrots the actual line without additional info

The new hover function in the RPGLE editor tries to always show something.Sometimes that info is simply a repeat of the line (or part of line) under the mouse and adds no other information.This is distracting and mask part of the next line.For ins...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Support Flashcopy for PowerVS

Please add the capability to do flashcopy operations for iASPs to enable off-line backups for PowerVS with Geo-mirror.
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 2 Delivered

RDI: Indicators in column 71-76 are shown referenced but not modified in outline

In the outline in RDI indicators in column 71 to 76 are shown as referenced instead of modified. This makes it dificult to see where an indicator is changed. Use Case: For example the indicators 65, 16 and 75 are in colunm 71 to 76 c seton 65C Fie...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

IBM i Access for Windows ODBC driver has dependency on C++ 2005 library

NB - Don't know if product is right as this should refer to"IBM i Access for Windows ODBC driver "and I couldn't find it in the list and couldn't move on without having something in the list! Microsoft have indicated that they have withdrawn suppo...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Provide for PDF Report on Code Coverage Usage captures

Request to be able to create a PDF report to support an individual Code Usage capture along with supporting the Merge of multiple Code Usage captures for reporting. The files we need to report on are created via the iSeries CODECOV command which c...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

Outline view not showing indicator usage in program defined output specs

There are indicators in my RPG ILE program that are used to condition output on program defined output specs. These indicator refereneces and not shown in the outline view. Use Case: To have a complete trace of the usage of indicators in a program.
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

ACS - IFS upload option to specify Unicode (UTF8)

I noticed when using ACS Integrated File System, text files always get uploaded with CCSID 437, even when Unicode BOM is present. it would be useful if the file was created with 1208 in the IFS, either by automatically or selecting the CCSID.
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Ability to re-login with different user in ACS Printer Output

I would like a menu option that will allow me to "sign out" and "sign back in" with different credentials in Access Client Solutions Printer Output. Use Case: We have users that have multiple different user ids that sign them into different enviro...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

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