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IBM i

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Move lines Up or Down in RDi/LPEX

RDi has a setting to move a line up or down (using ALT + UP / ALT + DOWN) that does not work in the LPEX Editor. Can we please enable that? Use Case: Rather than copying a line and pasting it elsewhere in your code - Hitting ALT + DOWN will move t...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

Allow embedded debug information to be encrypted after program has been created

Provide the ability to add a debug encryption key after a program has been created. Use Case: A ISV needs to send a customer debuggable code, but doesn't want the customer to have access to the embedded debug information. Currently, they would hav...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Not under consideration

ACS - Print Output - Send per Mail

A nice to have function would be to right click on an spool file and select send per mail. This would open the standard mail client with the spool file as pdf as an attachment. Use Case: see description.
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Log information to QHST when someone or something clears QSYSOPR message queue.

Makes it easy to identify who or what cleared the message queue.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Not under consideration

IWS wizard for creating or updating a web service: give the choice to save it as QSH script

In a world where CI/CD is more and more important the possibility to have the script creation in a git or similar instead of just creating the service is important to customers with several environments to keep trace of the changes.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Functionality already exists

Make "IBM i Access Client Solutions" work like "IBM i Access for Windows"

With IBM choosing not to support IBM i Access for Windows beyond Windows 8.1, and many companies forcing upgrades to Windows 10, developers are forced to use IBM i Access Client Solutions. Therefore, IBM i Access Client Solutions should be 100% co...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Db2 Web Query for i - Change report naming in Scheduler

When you schedule a report, the report is permanently linked. If you move the report, or wish to create a new schedule for similar report with slightly different parameters, you can not duplicate or change the schedule (report name is fixed). Coul...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 3 Not under consideration

Compatibility of RDi version 9.8 and EWM version 7.0.2.

We would like to suggest compatibility between RDi version 9.8 with EWM version 7.0.2.Because based on ELM Documentation of "Detailed System Requirements - Supported Software", the version compatible with the EWM 7.0.2 is the IBM Rational Develope...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

Command to print Query Definitions without using WRKQRY option 6.

Looking for a command line option to print a *QRYDFN instead of using option 6 from WRKQRY. I need to be able to get that output to provide to audit and I'm trying to automate it as much as possible. Need to be able to call it from CL program. Use...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

Make Debug Server TCP endpoints available to the public

Terminology may be incorrect as not enough information is publicly available at the moment. Please allow connections to the Debug Server so debug sessions can be started remotely. It would be awesome if it could be well documented and language-agn...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Not under consideration