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IBM i

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Rational Developer for I version 9.0.1 freezes up

We have been using Rational Developer for Power Systems v 8.5 for quite a while. Using this IDE, we had little to no problems. Entering source code into the editor was smooth as well as scrolling, and updating the outline. (it practically never fr...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Is a defect

Allow overriding system value on update of audit columns

Currently doing an SQL update with overriding system value on a column defined as "Generated Always For Each Row on Update as Row Change" results in an SQL0109 saying that it is only allowed on columns defined as Generated Always ??? (probably it ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

Provide code formatting feature for code indentations.

Please add a code formatting feature that allows me to indent free code that has gotten out of hand. It would be nice to have a property option to specify the start point of indenting (main line or procedures, as left as possible, inside sub routi...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Creating a document from an iSeries optical file

I wanted to create a hard copy document from an optical file located in the IFS. I can locate the file that I need, but need to recover the file into a document that can be printed. Would need a function on the iSeries that I can use to generate t...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Not under consideration

IWS R7V4 SQL service add security to not allow SQL

R7V4 addition of SQL statements for IWS Application Services should be secured to prevent entry Use Case: The Manage Permissions should be enhanced to secure the entry of SQL statements. SQL should not show as an option if developer not allowed to...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Not under consideration

Error list in i-Project

Please add the possibility to i-Project to compile to every target lib and get an error list. At the moment i Projects are currently designed to work that the error list is only automatically pulled from the EVFEVENT file in the library associated...
about 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Widen panel dividers

Maybe I'm getting old ;-) ... but I'm frustrated wasting precious seconds moving my cursor back and forth across the panel dividers in a perspective trying to position the cursor precisely in the 2-pixel (or so it seems) width of the divider, requ...
over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Future consideration

iAccess for web 5250 session code page (cy)

Why no Host Code page 1377, 1200, 1208,.. in IBM i Access for Web Use Case: Try to use IBM i Access for Web.Found that no 1377, 1200, 1208,.. IBM first line support saying that it matches what CCSID supported by QSH environment in V7R2 Information...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Change sizeof(long) in C++ for DTAMDL(*LLP64) STGMDL(*TERASPACE)

Our company is a software vendor, and we have a product that runs on most platforms available today. Almost all of our builds are 64-bit. On IBM i V7.3, we are compiling our product with DTAMDL(*LLP64) STGMDL(*TERASPACE), so the compilation enviro...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 7 Not under consideration

Language converting when press 'space bar'

Language convertion after pressing 'space bar' on ACS. Use Case: We need 'space bar' just for use 'spacing' without input language conversion.
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

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