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Do not show unused annotations for unnamed subflelds in RPG source

In Rational Developer for I, when editing ILE RPG source, an annotation icon may appear in the left margin of a source line which defines a field to notify the user that field is not used in the source program. These “Not Used” annotations may app...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

RPG datastructure array sort by more than one subfield

For RPG please provide extended sort capability for datastructure arrays. This means sorting of an array over more then one subfield.E.g.: sorta name_of_array(*) (subfieldx: subfieldY: …) using the names of the subfiledsOr sorta name_of_array(*) (...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 9 Delivered

Provide a CTL-OPT keyword to prohibit or issue a compiler warning when 6 char dates are used in RPG programs that will not work after 2039

dsply %date('010140':*mdy0) ; it will show DSPLY 1940-01-01 which is wrong. At least issue a compiler warning.
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Delivered

Allow prompt variables in Run SQL Scripts

Add prompt variables to queries that run in the Run SQL Scripts application. This would allow generic queries to be reused for specific results. The Run SQL Scripts application would need a mechanism for entering the substitution variable data whe...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 10 Delivered

Add support to "Bookmark" IFS paths in ACS

When using the IFS Task in ACS, I have a set of several directories I often need to work in. Rather than having to type in the path to the file, I would like to "bookmark" or have a set of "favorites" that I can select from. This is similar to the...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Add Limit ID 18303 and 18304 to System limit alerts

We have a couple of system limit alerts regarding of reaching a table limit, limit_id 15xxx. But we don't have any for Journals, like sequence numbers limit_id 18303 and 18304
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

RPG Docs (like Java Docs) in Content Assist

Java docs is incredible useful when writing java code in eclipse, specially when the associated documentation for a method is retrieved with the content assist pop up. There's no official documentation for rpg, but projects like ILE DOCS are very ...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 14 Delivered

ACS Copy Formatted SQL to Clipboard

SQL statements that are copied into the clipboard by Ctrl+C should preserve their formatting (color and font). The feature could be optional. Use Case: Write SQL code that you want to share with others or that is to be included in a document.
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

SMB 2 (SMBv2) support needed in IBM i 7.1 and 7.2

Due to the recent release of the Server Message Block Version 1 (SMBv1) vulnerability (https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2017/01/16/SMB-Security-Best-Practices), we need SMB Version 2 (SMBv2) ported back to IBM i 7.1 and 7.2. Use Case:...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 8 Delivered

Link SQL procedure or SQL function as item in DSPPGMREF

DSPPGMREF does not identify any SQL procedure or function coded in programs. A program can be a *PGM or *SRVPGM object created from a source that is based on SQLxxx language and the usage is static in the source. Use Case: When attempting to use c...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Delivered

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