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IBM i

Record names in subprocedures

RDi has its Code Competion helping the programmer a lot with competing variables, record names and procedures. When programming in subprocedures, the completion doesn't work always at it does in the main cycle.When including files into a subproced...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Not under consideration

Enhancement to Remote Scratchpad view

The Remote Scratchpad view in RDi is proving to be exceptionally useful when handling a number of different objects and source members at one time. (Ref. Charles Guarino's YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/gVnH5rgpSu8)The Scratchpad allows for ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Future consideration

DBCS Support for WSCST(*PDF)

When IBM came out woth PDF transform capabilities for Spool Files using Transfor Services 'WSCST(*PDF)' we were very excited. Our hope was that it would alleviate our current transform solution which takes a lot of development cycles to maintain. ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Print Future consideration

Allow IFS directory and content *IGNORE in QAUDJRN

When QAUDLVL is set to *CREATE *DELETE the IFS can generate millions of entries which are for temp objects created in directories (ZendServer issue). The problem is there is no way to turn off the capture of the Create and delete only to set the a...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Security Not under consideration

wrkjobscde table

Hi IBMer, In order for us to process the wrkjobscde table, we have to output to a spool file, then feed it in into a program, etc which is rather awkward. Would you be kind to please provide a facility for us to query the table entries of workjobs...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging Not under consideration

Multiple QAUD* journal recievers

We would like the option to separate QAUD* journal receivers into multiple receivers depending on audit value specified in QAUDLVL/QAUDLVL2 with the same default security properties. Use Case: With multiple QAUD journal receivers we could select d...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Security Not under consideration

Add Parm for STRAUTCOL to allow for more object types have their minimum needed authority collected.

i understand that the type of objects that are allowed to be selected for authority collection is, for performance/chatter reasons, narrow.I propose adding another parm along the lines of the "Include DLO" and "Include file system objects" the wou...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Security Not under consideration

Resolve object references for embedded SQL at compile time

Product: Change Management Our change management application allows us to track changes, automate our deployment and development process, and perform impact analysis, all of which give us better controls and reduce risk in our software development...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Not under consideration

OSS wish list for YUM on IBM i

My wish list for IBM i OSS on YUM Repositories: * GNUPlot* AutoSSH* QREncode* MySQL (client)* Pigz compressor* P7Zip compressor* Lynx Browser* Links Browser* Midnight Commander* VNC & ICEWM* CREATEREPO #IBMi #YUM #OSS Use Case: With createrepo...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE Not under consideration

Size of a pdf with afprsc jpeg

When we create a PDF with the 5770ts1 product (afp/pdf transformation), the PDF size is high if it contains an image as JPEG (keyword dds afprsc) The PDF size is approximatively 3 times the size of the image (an image of 192 kb gives a PDF of 7864...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Print Future consideration