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Add a preference to not expand RSE tree when a member is added

I am opening this RFE on behalf of a customer Thierry Bernard (tbernard is his IBM ID). If a new member as a result of ALT+SHIFT+N, allow the user to choose if he/she wants an expansion in the RSE tree. This can be added as Preference. Use Case: 1...
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Auto-Caps in DSPF

The parser knows that the field name and/or keywords need to be in caps; why doesn't the editor put them in caps. Use Case: enter field name in lower case and see that editor converts it to uppercase.
about 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

need to define subfield instead of substring for sql function display_journal

qsys2.display_journal returns as a blob a file record format (say: a structure) that include all types of subfields. today, we only can extract CHAR fields with the substring function. example: cast(cast(substring(entry_data, 155, 18) as char(18)...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Need AIX G11N updates

1. Update localedef for UCS-4 uconvTable logic2. Update WorldType Font to the latest3. Xorg Security Issues for AIX gos
over 4 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Allow save of returned values of SQL scripts

I would like to have the possibility to save the result of a SQL script to txt,csv,xls,... which was run in IBM i Access Client Solutions / run SQL scripts Use Case: Currently the returned values are only displayed, but there is no option to save ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

remove older insecure protocols like SSLV3 from openssl on aix

remove older insecure protocols like SSLV3 from openssl on aix
about 8 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

Include Patch for GSSAPI key exchange support in AIX version of OpenSSH

IBM Power Systems customer Bloomberg requests that AIX include the Patch for GSSAPI key exchange support in the AIX version of OpenSSH. All other commercial Unix operating systems used by this customers contain this patch as well as major commerci...
over 8 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

SAN Zoning Validation for LPM from HMC

Provide a Automated Procedure to Validate SAN zoning for LPM for any or all Lpars in a given frame from HMC instead of logging into to each Lpar and VIOS. This procedure or script should be able to tell whether the lpar move from one frame to anot...
over 8 years ago in Hardware Management Console 4 Delivered

Add library column to RSE Show in Table Work with objects.

When creating a work with objects filter in RSE, you may have the same object name in multiple libraries. But library is not an available column when using the Show in Table option, even though it is a property viewable by right clicking. This is ...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Screen Designer - a way to select file level properties

In the design view I have not seen a way to bring up the properties at the file level for a DSPF without first switching to the source view and then back to design view. Can there be a button or something in the tool bar that gets one to the file ...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered