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Remove scrolling when repositioning to next/previous error.

When using the next/previous error buttons in RDi, the program used to go directly to the source line. At some point this was changed to scroll to the source line. However, this scrolling is much too slow and negatively affects the time taken to c...
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

In the Run SQL Scripts tool, when using "library.table" naming convention, double clicking on the library name should only select the library name and not the whole "library.table" string

This is how it works with "library/table". If you double-click on "library" the word "library" will be highlighted. But if you are using "library.table" and double-click on "library" it will highlight the entire string. It's cumbersome and inconsi...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Define Fields - Cannot Successfully Edit & Save

We need the ability to edit a define field and include within it a new define field just created. However, it doesn't work because the new define field is not sequentially above the define field being edited within the text editor source. The prog...
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 1 Delivered

IBM Navigator for i: customize help/selections based on the OS version.

http://myibmi:2002/Navigator/mainframe/cfg/system-values System value in question is QSSLPCL. It says the default when using *OPSYS is TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3. However the defaults for *OPSYS varies by OS release as shown at: https://www.ibm.co...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

Update to BRMS - Work with Items to Omit from Backup - Granular Exclusions

Once we upgraded to V7R1, I experienced an issue where I would receive the following errors in the BRMS log (detailed in the PMR): CPF3761 20 Cannot use *USRSPC QGLDLOCK in QUSRDIRDB. I cannot easily exclude this... and my only recourse is to excl...
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 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...
about 9 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...
about 9 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 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Add ability to control port numbers used by geographic mirroring

When defining a device cluster resource group, data port IP addresses are assigned to nodes, but ports are not. Instead, a random port number between 1024 and 65535 is assigned when geographic mirroring is started. This traffic should be locked do...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 6 Delivered

Need ACS bundle.jar to run under java 11 on IBM i

When running an export of data using the CLdownload and setting the job level to use Java 11. The program fails. I am running the following command. Type command, press Enter. Run this first: CHGENVVAR ENVVAR(JAVA_HOME) VALUE('/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdD...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered