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IBM i

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    screen designer print in preview + read only

    Cannot choose print when in preview or read only. Use Case: Since one can only use the indicator settings when in preview mode it would be a nice feature to print a screen modification mock up with all a appropriate conditions set.
    over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

    Report Designer - easier, more intuitive way to add a record

    The steps to add a new record format to a printer file are not very intuitive in Design mode. I got tired of having to add the record format in Source mode and had to watch a video to understand how to do it in Design mode. Before watching the vid...
    over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

    Add something like IF EXIST for a table, view, procedures, etc.

    In SQL, I often need to check if a table exists and either delete or create it. I opened a case and was told the functionality does not exist. If a file exists, I need to delete/DROP it. Sometimes, I need to create the table.
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

    Keep multi-line DCL-S lines together when sorting

    The "sort" command does not take into account DCL-S code spanning mutliple lines even though we have to key the semi-colon as the line end marker. Unlike the previous D-specs in fixed form it "seems" like it should be easier to determine ALL the d...
    over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

    BRMS Report Bundle Option

    We would like to have the option when running maintenance or using the STRRCYBRM ASPDEV((*LCL *ALL)) to bundle the selected or all reports. Use Case: STRMNTBRMPrint expired media report . . . *YES Print version report . . . . . . *EXPMEDPrint medi...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 3 Not under consideration

    Manage dates before 1970 in the ILE web service client

    As described here http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/iws/faq/index.html#primary4, the web service client can't manage dates before 1970. Improving the management dates for of compatibility with the RPG date type : 0001-01-01 to 9999-12...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 4 Future consideration

    Implement RPG/CL Documentation Generation within RDi

    Currently RPG and CL do not offer a common way for a developer to put comments/documentation within the code and then have documentation be generated. This is something that other languages offer, such as JAVADocs. I would like RDi to be able to u...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

    Digital Certificate Manager

    Can it be possible to include some type of logging when using DCM? Use Case: We would like to know when our Server or Client Certificates are being used? This would include from what source and to whom.
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Not under consideration

    Provide method to suppress backslash as delimiter for IFS paths

    IBM CL commands and the QJoStartJournaling and QJoEndJournaling APIs treat backslash characters as a delimiter and implicitly treat them as forward slash characters. The result of this is that there is now way for these commands and APIs to refere...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 4 Not under consideration

    filebeat for IBM i / PASE

    Enable filebeat to run on IBM i PASE. If not possible, enable an OpenSource substitute for filebeat. Filebeat is a very popular log shipper for solutions such as IBM Log Analysis and OpenSource ELK Use Case: log files generated and written to the ...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Not under consideration

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