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IBM i

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    Pendant to SND-MSG to retrieve the error message text

    Being mainly a C# developer, it seams for me completely absurd that in RPG when you send an escape message with the SND-MSG function, you don't have a built in function to retrieve the error message text! Instead of having each developer/company t...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Submitted

    The "BIOS battery extender" enables simple BIOS battery changes in a computer without stopping the production line. (DE-Patent: AZ: 10 2023 003 285.9)

    Problem Inside computers is a BIOS battery. The BIOS battery ensures that when the computer is turned off, the BIOS configuration settings are not lost. Since the batteries lose charge over time, they must be replaced regularly. A state-of-the-art...
    7 days ago in IBM i / Hardware 0 Submitted

    Provide an up to date version of ICU - International Components for Unicode (5770SS1 - Option 39)

    Having to deal more and more with Unicode and some applications that are still restricted to EBCDIC codepages, I was looking at the ICU library but found out that the most recent version on IBM is 4.0 which dates from 2009 (more as 15 years old) ?...
    6 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Submitted

    Add issuer certificate serial number in qsys2.certificate_info and QycuRetrieveCertificateInfo API

    In the DCM GUI, the hierarchy view provides the certification chain: the authority (one or more) + the client/server certificate. However, there is no solution for finding this link using code: The qsys2.certificate_info SQL service and the QycuRe...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

    Keyword / Compiler Option to warn if a procedure uses global variable

    New Control Spec Keyword / Compiler Option to warn if a calculation in procedure uses a global variable Keyword: PROCGLBVAR with options *ALLOW *WARN *ERROR *allow - no compiler message if a calculation in a procedure references a global variable ...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    Prohibit changing the activation group name of a program

    If you create a program using the CRTPGM command, you have an ALWUPD() parameter. Setting it to *NO prevents you from changing the activation group name using the UPDPGM ... ACTGRP(new group) command. When you create a program using the CRTBNDXXX ...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    ACS IFS - resolve correctly "well known locations" to the real physical folder

    Talking about Windows, ACS seems to not respect the client setting, assuming that the position of well known folders is fixed in a system. For example in ACS IFS browser, Edit-Preferences-Download Location is set to "Downloads folder". ACS assumes...
    9 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

    Automatic Management of TLS Certificates

    Since the validity period of SSL/TLS certificates will be reduced from the current 398 days to 47 days starting in March 2029, managing certificates manually will become very difficult due to the significantly shortened validity.Therefore, a servi...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Submitted

    Allow checking multiple defined conditions with one /IF compiler directive

    Checking multiple defined conditions is cumbersome - if a part of code should only be combined when two conditions are defined, one has to use nested /IF directives: /IF DEFINED(condition1) /IF DEFINED(condition2) // code only compiled when condit...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    Add a CLI assitant similar to RHEL "Command Line Assistant" on IBM i (and AIX)

    Everyday we hear about experts shortage on IBM i . The RHEL CLI Assistant is loaded with support tickets , and it looks really great. It ca even write scripts for basic operation. It would be great a similar tool on AIX and IBM i , so we can check...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 0 Submitted

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