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IBM i

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    Automatically Present ACS Emulator Transform Services PDF Writer Output In Upright Position

    We use the ACS emulator to host PDF print sessions for writing spool file reports to PDF. In Client Access the hosted writer would create PDFs which were automatically oriented to the upright position. (Whether printing Portrait or Landscape) Howe...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    RDI-COBOL: Allow apostrophe for SQL literal delimiter

    See Support Case TS003461172--PMR's are old school :-! In the LPEX editor, SQL statements with a blank value trigger a "SQL0113 Name ' not allowed" message. e.g.: ----------------------------exec sqldeclare SampleCursor cursor forselect Field1, ' ...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    iAccess SQL when saving results give the result the name of the SQL script instead of Untitled

    At first extra typing and second to have the results the same name as the script.
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    The += method in RPG to increment a numeric field does not show up as an (M) in the outline view for the variable.

    The += method in RPG to increment a numeric field does not show up as an (M) in the outline view for the variable. We've noticed in the Outline view, that if you use the newer method of using the += symbol in RPGLE to increment a numeric field, th...
    over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Is a defect

    QSYSMSG - Array rebuild start and complete messages

    We have a program that monitors the QSYSMSG message queue to alert us to critical issues on our system. When a DASD device fails with mirrored protection, the system sends CPI0949 when protection is suspended and CPI0989 when the resume is complet...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Storage 3 Not under consideration

    Display Message File Constants in Screen Designer

    Our team uses Rational Developer for a lot of RPG programming associated with display files and related text from multiple spoken languages (Spanish, English, French, etc). We would like Rational Developer's Screen Designer 'Preview' and 'Design' ...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

    Converge the IBM i operating system with PASE (or AIX) and produce one merged operating system that is primarily Linux-based but can run IBM i code and databae

    It is clear that IBM i is being "enhanced" by simply added more and more open source and SQL functions, and no a lot of anything else. I suggest IBM start a project to combine both Linux/AIX/PASE and IBM i as was done with S/36 SSP and S/38 CPF ba...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

    Provide migration to CCSID(1208) / UTF-8 as QCCSID system value CCSID.

    To provide a more globalized environment, it would be fantastic if IBM i migrated to UTF-8 as its the default/primary CCSID. That way programs and data written would work and appear the same everywhere, by default. I'm advocating a similar migrati...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

    XML-INTO: Add new option to clear DS before loading

    Add an option to XML-INTO that clears the DS before parsing the XML data into the DS. This option should work similarly to EVAL and other "assignment-type" functions.Data Structures are typically used to temporarily store XML data prior to taking ...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

    CRTDUPOBJ command update a status file or periodically send a message to the job log that indicates the percent complete

    There isn't an interface to the CRTDUPOBJ command that allows us to monitor the status, nothing found in Advanced analysis too, So have the CRTDUPOBJ command update a status file or periodically send a message to the job log that indicates the per...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 4 Not under consideration

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