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IBM i

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Add Macro functionality to iaccess 11.0.8

On iAccess 6.0 for windows (e.g.IBM System iAccess for Windows R610 SI29455) , it was possible to use easy Macros/Scripts. These were textfiles starting with "Description=" in the first line, than line by line telling the machine what to do. For e...
4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Add Source Change Mark column to Source Physical Files to promote move to **FREE and preserve historical metadata

With the addition of **FREE support for RPGLE, the prior use of columns 1 - 5 goes away. However, the vast majority of developers use these 5 characters to put a 'change mark' to tie source code changes back to a project or reason for the change. ...
4 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Improvement to the DSPPGMREF command

The command currently does not generate information about the commands used in a program.The improvement is to include information about this type of objects and be useful when performing some type of forensic analysis on the IBM i
4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Future consideration

Addition of Journal Code/Entry type description table

I'd like to suggest adding a table to QSYS2 with the contents of the help text for Journal Codes and Journal Entry Types. If we were to combine this table with DISPLAY_JOURNAL it would provide a greater amount of context to queries against journals.
5 months ago in IBM i / Other 1 Submitted

UUID datatype for IBMi

A UUID is a U niversally U nique Id entifier, meaning that these identifiers are unique over your whole DB; even better unique" across space and time". UUID's are stored in 128bit format and follow a standarized format ( rfc4122 ) This makes the t...
5 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

Enable RST PATTERN with object type

Sometimes we need to restore only the DIR structure (without *STMF object type) from a saved Ifs's folder (Cmd SAV). Using SUBTREE(*DIR) restore only the firt level of directory. Enabling the command to accept something like: RST DEV('/QSYS.LIB/QG...
5 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Future consideration

Proposal for enhancing Alarm functionality with integrated calling feature

I am writing to propose an enhancement to the alarm functionality in mobile operating systems, specifically the integration of a calling feature alongside the alarm on iOS. The idea is to provide users with an option to automatically place a call ...
5 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

Add an environment variable to control the behavior of WRKACTJOB F14 function

I am doing a H/A switch and many tasks are not available due to restricted state. Therefore suggestions such as using Navigator or Run SQL Scripts are not applicable As part of this switch I need to check for the presense of certain prestart jobs...
5 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Under review

Relax requirements for using Ds in I/O

The general problem is about the compiler issuing a RNF7595 when I try to use the same Ds (or Likerec Ds) on diffent files sharing the same format and based on the same PF. This is an example: Dcl-f fileA01L keyed usage(*input); Dcl-f fileA02L key...
5 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 6 Future consideration

ADD in QSYS2 TABLES a new table to know wich programms use an exported porcedure from à service program

Hi, QSYS2 functions and tables allow you to know:- What procedures are exported by our service programs.- What programs use our service programs. But it is not possible to know which programs use which exported procedure. This is a pity because it...
5 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Submitted

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