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IBM i

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Add connection information to editor tabs

When editing source members from multiple connections, it can be challenging to know what connection through which a member was opened. Hovering over the tab will tell you the system, but not the connection. (This is also true for the application ...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Detect field length exceeding the original Array Length

IWS can easly publish an ILE RPG program as a web service. When using "detect fields length" IWS will limit array's rows rendered in Xml or Json using a special value expressed as a Binary number. Sometimes happens (usually because of program erro...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

ACS library list

JDBC Config needs some way to identify the library list being used by the app. If we choose "Use library list of server job" can the screen show that list so we will know what it consists of? If we don't want that list can there be some indicator ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Not under consideration

iACS download source / name

The IBM iACS download source URL (https://mrs-ux.mrs-prod-7d4bdc08e7ddc90fa89b373d95c240eb-0000.us-south.containers.appdomain.cloud/marketing/iwm/platform/mrs/assets/DownloadList?source=swg-ia&lang=en_US) is not easy to understand and verify f...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Future consideration

Allow rename of certificate in DCM

When installing a new certificate I need to reassign all applications to this certificate which could be avoided by renaming the certificate. Please provide a rename certificate function (or even a replace during import) like it exists in IKEYMAN....
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

XMLsec1 porting

add the port of the XMLsec1 utility Use Case: sign XML files directly from the IBM Power system
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Future consideration

RDI LPEX insert mode tab operation

When you edit a source member (RPG full free) and have setup the use of the tabulator, when your keyboard is in insert mode the text is not shifted to the right when your using the tab key. Use Case: LPEX tab s should work like in other editors to...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

Temporal Support For System Tables

V7R3 of Db2 i introduced support for temporal tables. However, it is not possible for an end user to alter the system tables; such as QADBXREF / QADBIFLD, to be defined as temporal. Attempting to alter the table results in the following error mess...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

Display a timestamp in the Error List header to indicate when the currently displayed messages were retrieved

When compiling a source member yields identical results to the previous compile - typically when there are no errors - it is impossible to tell that another compile has occurred. Under several circumstances, a compile may not actually occur when r...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

Set SEP entry screen browse buttons take too long

There are a few problems with the "Browse" buttons on the "Set Service Entry Point" window. Every single one of the browse buttons does the same where it populates a massive list of all objects, modules and procedures for everything in the *LIBL (...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration