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IBM i

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Update Infocenter to remove sections, commands, etc pertaining to options no longer available

Check out the comments at the bottom of:https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_ibm_i_73/rzahg/rzahghome.htmhttps://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_ibm_i_73/rzalu/rzaluprtattmeth.htmhttps://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Documentation 4 Future consideration

Allow for AFPDS Report duplex printing by changing the spooled file attributes (CHGSPLFA)

Please, allow for AFPDS reports to be changed from simplex to duplex by changing the "DUPLEX" parmater in the CHGSPLFA command.Actually this is allowed only for SCS reports...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Print 1 Not under consideration

RPG dynamic array enhancement

Enhance dynamic arrays dim(*auto/*var: maximum_elements) by allowing the "maximum_elements"-parameter to be a variable or constant. This would allow in embedded sql fetch command to use always the right amount of lines by using the relative variab...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

Add a preview tab to Report Designer like Screen Designer

With screen designer you can create indicator sets, assign them to a record format, and preview the results. In report designer you can do all except preview the results. Use Case: I am modernizing reports to utilize *PRTF instead of the program d...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

RDi don't change selection with scroll

Scrolling should be a non-destructive operation, specifically the selected text should not be removed simply because one end of the selected region scrolls outside the visible window. The selected region should not be lost via mouse wheel scrollin...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

New feature on i Navigator to double confirm after click OK

Dear team, We found when accessing 'file shares' from i navigator, after clicked browse and OK, it will save the new folder directly. Is that possibile to modify or create a feature which would pop to confirm 'whether save the change' after click ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

Remove use of jdk7 from IBM i programs

IBM has announced that IBM i 7.3 will be the last version to support jdk7 at:https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20i%20Technology%20Updates/page/Java%20products%20and%20options%20on%20IBM%20iI believe IBM i 7...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / JAVA 3 Is a defect

For VTL allow a bigger format like LTO7 or LTO8 instead of Ultruim3

BRMS and Protect tier we can only format ULTRIUM3 Use Case: the actual standard for tape is LTO8 and for VTL it is ULTRIUM3
over 5 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 2 Not under consideration

New SQLSetStmtAttr option for Completion/Diag Messages

During Debug mode, on IBM i, the SQL CLI APIs, such as SQLExecute generate diagnostic and completion messages indicating things such as "xx rows selected" or "xx rows inserted", or "Table XXX Dropped". This information does not currently get gener...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

ACS RSS include debug messages in job log

ACS release 1.1.8.7-1100.For some reason the setting "include debug messages in job log" under the connection menu is not being saved correctly. I can tick on the setting but it never goes off. I found the setting and manually changed it in "./IBM...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration