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ACS - Add generate SQL for Columns selected in View

In ACS, a recent enhancement allowed user to modify the Columns being viewed for a result set. The View Columns panel enables you to select/omit columns and reorder them. Please add the ability to return/generate a window of SQL code that reflects...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Enhance %DEC to recognize and accept thousands separators

Currently, the %DEC BIF interprets either/both comma and decimal -- regardless of the QDECFMT system value -- as the decimal point. If the character representation of a number contains both, error RNX0105 occurs. This should not happen. In an inte...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Delivered

Allow qualified names in like/likeds

Please allow to use qualified names in like/likeds keywords. It would really save many lines of code. Use Case: // Let's say we have such template DSDcl-Ds t_User Qualified Template; Login Char(10) ; Name Char(30); Surname Char(30); Dcl-Ds Address...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Delivered

GENERATE_SQL output to IFS v. PF-SRC

CUSTOMER REP: DarrylSALESFORCE CASE: TS004844143ENVIRONMENT: IBM i 7.4 (n/a)PROBLEM: GENERATE_SQL output to IFS v. PF-SRCSEVERITY: Opened as a sev 2BUSINESS IMPACT: How to question There is the program QSYS2/GENERATE_SQL which I tried to use yeste...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

RDI: show percentage of zoom in/out in the source

In RDI you can zoom in or out (change font size) in the source using ctrl+ and ctrl- I would like that the percentage is shown to the left of the maximize/minimize buttons in the LPEX editor.Maybe also the possibility to click on a "+" ot "-" to i...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

Allow the CONST keyword for a standalone field or data structure

Our Generator (Synon) generates Code in Fixed RPG. Also we need to use our input and output fields in soap-server-modules as datastructures. So we have the problem to sign the *entry plist parms as an input or output (or both) - structure. It woul...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Delivered

Port and add gnuPG(GPG) to the IBMi Open Source RPM's

Port and add gnuPG(GPG) to the IBMi Open Source RPM's. I can't find any recent port or precompiled AIX binary to use on the IBMi than version 1.40.10. The latest available version is 2.2.6 and Use Case: Easy and well know utility to encrypt an sig...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 5 Delivered

DCM- Support for Digital Certificate Manager on port 2010

HTTPAdmin server runs securely on port 2010 (unsecure 2001) New DCM interface is hard-coded to run on port 2001. When implementing secure connection to the HTTPAdmin server to 2010 it breaks the new DCM portal. I had case TS003633830 open with sup...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management 5 Delivered

Option to set web browser used by ACS to launch Navigator for i

Would like for there to be an option in ACS preferences to set the default web browser used for launching Navigator for i and other web based tasks. Option would allow for selecting from any currently installed browsers. Use Case: Used in instance...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

EUDC support on ACS PDF/PDT Printing

We need EUDC(GAIJI) support on ACS PDF/PDT Printing.On PC5250 on iAW, we can print EUDC chars on PDF/PDT Printing. But ACS does not support it. We need this function to move Windows 10. Use Case: In Japan, EUDC(GAIJI) is usually used and should be...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

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