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Action openRPGDeclaration (f3) should work with variables as well

Currently the openRPGDeclaration (shortcut F3) only works for Procedures and subroutines. It should also work for other declarations such as variables and structures (and maybe files). Use Case: When working in the code I notice that I should make...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 9 Delivered

Display last spool file for User actions

In PDM we have user actions that use DSP commands to get some information on a object, such as DSPFD, DSPFFD, etc. Some of these have equivalents in RD Power but others do not.One way to support them all would be to add an option in a user action ...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

IBM RDi 9.5 RPG, Cobol Provide RSE port number parameter in eclipse.ini

Rational Developer for i 9.5 (SP2) is installed in a Citrix environment. We noticed that occasionally developers encounter a TCP port collision for Rational Developer (Remote Systems Explorer) or RSE component. Error message RSEC2201:E is issued w...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Default the same location to the open path of the SQL script

The ACS Run SQL Scripts tool saves the last location of the last save of scripts, which is fine to a point. The ablilty to save results to a file also defaults to this same location. Please change the product in one of two ways. 1. Default the fil...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

ACS Printer Output Date Time enhancement

In IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS), Printer Output module, the creation date and time are separate columns. Also, the date and time are being translated to another timezone and do not match the create date and time on the wrksplf application. ...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

hope to use IMPLICITLY HIDDEN GENERATED TIMESTAMP field track record change, UDB and MySQL have this function

Customer want to use IMPLICITLY HIDDEN GENERATED TIMESTAMP field track record change, UDB and MySQL have this function. In UDB, they can do this by: alter table <tabname> add UPDATETIME TIMESTAMP NOT NULL IMPLICITLY HIDDEN GENERATED ALWAYS F...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

CRTBNDRPG should additionally support CCSID parameter

Eclipse Orion and Git now support RPG Source located in IFS, which will be tagged with CCSID 1208 or UTF-8 as default. On the other hand, the RPG compiler (CRTBNDRPG command) doesn't support CCSID parameter and is not compatible with IFS located R...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Delivered

WebQuery sort order for Filter in IA-Reports

In InfoAssist-Reports (fex-files) it is not possible to define a sort order for Filters. It is only available in HTML-Reports but not in Info Assist.A option to define a sort order would be very useful. Use Case: In InfoAssist-Reports (fex-files) ...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 6 Delivered

enhance message SQL0491

while creating a function based on a procedure in a service program, if the procedure name is permissionthen the creation is rejected with error SQL0491, reason 10 :10 -- For external functions and procedures, LANGUAGE SQL is not allowed and there...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Access Client Solution Run SQL Scripts close dialog box

Within Access Client Solutions Run SQL Scripts function, exiting from the function without saving causes the "Inquiry Message" dialog to be displayed with Yes, No, and Cancel buttons available. Enhancement request is to have keyboard short cut for...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered