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IBM i

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    Manual builder needed for i Projects

    Currently i Projects offers three builder options, a CL based builder, a user-supplied command based builder and the *NONE builder. When no builder is needed for the and the *NONE builder is selected the options to push changed members to the IBM ...
    almost 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Not under consideration

    V7R3 COBOL ILE PARMS Function fails when called from QZRUCLSP

    When Called from a caller that does not pass the Minimal operational descriptor, the PARMS function fails catastrophically. This causes an un-graceful and uncontrolled end to the Program invoking PARMS with no return message. Use Case: When a prog...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 5 Future consideration

    Add ability to select compare tool with local history when used with iProject members

    When the compare with local history with iProject members is used it currently opens the less featureful text compare editor, and there is no option to select the smarter LPEX editor. Add the ability to select different compare editors - at least ...
    almost 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

    "RPG" Needs to be renamed to something new

    The modern RPG language was changed so much that it has almost nothing common with its old columnar RPG2. Programmers are labeled as old-fashioned when they mention RPG. Besides that, there is a game named RPG, and a weapon named RPG, it confuses ...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

    Minimize the use of semicolons in free RPG

    The function of semicolon as end-of-statement in free RPG could be optionally replaced by that of start-of-continuation-line. This way the end of a statement would be indicated by the newline character provided that the first non-blank character o...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

    Allow IBMi to be supported on E950 Power 9 Server

    We would like to see the IBM i Operating system being supported on the E950 Servers Use Case: We have several IBM i Servers that the best fit would be a E950 server, can the E950 be confirmed as supporting IBM i please?
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Hardware 1 Not under consideration

    Provide the ability to copy i source members from one system to another

    In multiple partition/system environments it would be beneficial to be able to drag and drop source members between i/os systems. It appears this is available to other operating systems (according to the help documentation) so why not i/os. Use Ca...
    about 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

    In RDPi from SQL Results view need new features to display multiple SQL query results output

    Using RDPi from Data perspective after opening a SQL Script executing a SQL query the statement shows in History and the output of the query results in the Viewer of SQL Results view. Currently we can only view the output of one SQL query statemen...
    about 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

    RFE Request - Monitoring same field from two (or more) programs

    In the Monitors view, it is possible to monitor the same field more than once when it appears in two (or more) programs being debugged, or in two (or more) programs in the stack. When done, the field appears in the list multiple times as needed bu...
    about 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

    Dynamic variables/arrays

    Allow dynamic size variables/arrays in RPGLE, SQLRPGLE and CLLE. Allow declaration of variables like var1 char, var2 int, etc. Use Case: Having dynamic variables and arrays allows you to not have to worry about array index out of bounds when you t...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

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