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IBM i

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    Find/Replace (CTRL-F) regular expressions in RDP (LPEX) should match the help text "regular expression patterns".

    Using the regular expressions for find/replace in the LPEX editor on RDP is confusing. The help text clearly shows that the regular expression patterns should use the details described in the java.util.regex.Pattern javadoc but there are differenc...
    over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

    Free form KLIST to allow same field in multiple KLIST

    Allow Free Form version of KLIST with the same field in multiple key lists. For example displaying customer invoices I want to have a key list for Customer and Invoice # and another for Customer and Order Date and use the same field for customer i...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 10 Not under consideration

    Enhance QWCCVTDT API

    Idea removed by author.
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

    Enhance the POS keyword to support a location of *NEXT similar to OVERLAY.

    The OVERLAY keyword is required when its "field" parameter is the data structure name. However OVERLAY does not allow *NEXT for the position of that field, a hard-coded value must be specified otherwise it defaults to 1. The POS keyword support ov...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Not under consideration

    Change search error details to be RDi specific

    When using the search function (flashlight button) in RDi, if the search entered is something like this: &amp then you'll get an error. The error details starts talking about CL and REXX variables. It does, at the end, say to wrap the value in...
    about 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

    support #pragma once in C/C++

    Please add support for the non-standard but widely support #pragma once. It's way more convinient than regular include guards and would make porting software easier.
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Future consideration

    Support 3-way (or n-way) DASD mirroring

    We would like to be able to mirror DASD units across 3 (or more) physical devices, instead of just two. Use Case: Mirroring as it current exists only has protection against a single DASD device failure. While the probability of the mirrored unit f...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Storage 4 Not under consideration

    OBJECT_LOCK_INFO() table function which accepts library name, object name, and object type - returns list of locks on that object

    This is very similar to the OBJECT_LOCK_INFO view, but it can target a specific object similar to WRKOBJLCK command. It should be able to return the locks for the object much more quickly than using the view.
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Functionality already exists

    in RDi have the ability to use F3 in a COBOL source program

    When developing and troubleshooting programs in RDi within an RPGLE program, the ability to jump to a subprocedure using F3 and returning with the "Alt + Arrow key" is a great feature. Request modifications be made to the development tool to allow...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

    WRKLNK unusual F17 "Starting with"

    The command WRKLNK works in one point different then other commands.When i use F17 i want to go to the start, when i use F18 i want to go to the end of the subfile.These function are hided behind F17.Could IBM change F17 to something else and put ...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 2 Not under consideration

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