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IBM i

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    ACS Update button to update the software

    The check for updates feature is great. What would be great is if you had a button that would automatically update ACS. Having to go to the download site, log in, accept the license agreement, then download, then unzip, then overwrite the director...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Delivered

    Web service REST - JSON

    Good evening,I created through Web Administration for i, a rest service that receives a parameter containing a JSON string, with numerous defined keys. The web service is associated with a rpg service program, which receives the JSON parameter con...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 7 Delivered

    Add Applied Date to PTF Group Currency Service

    IBM i 7.6 included an enhancement to DSPPTFGRP command to show the date the PTF Group was applied. Please add this Applied Date to the IBM PTF Group Service.
    8 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

    Allow RDi to use saved ACS configuration.

    RDi includes Access Client Solutions (ACS), but it doesn't allow you to use a saved configuration (e.g. 5250 .HOD file). This limits the usefulness of this tool
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

    Ability to move IFS objects from one directory to another on the same system using ACS

    Using the Integrated File System option in ACS I would like the ability to select a group of files, right-click or from the menu select Move, and specify a folder to move the files to on the same system. Use Case: A system has files in a directory...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Delivered

    Add support for Java 17 to IBM i

    Java 17 is a "LTS" or long term support version. By the time IBM i 7.5+1 comes out Java 11 will be down to only "Security Support" instead of "Active Support". IBM support for jdk8 dies April of 2025 so one might as well go to JDK17.
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / JAVA 6 Delivered

    Eliminate QZSHSH, QP0ZSPWP/T Job Logs with "No Job Log"

    When a user has their job set with a logging level to generate a job log (e.g., LOG(4 0 *SECLVL)), then uses QShell, there is a jog log generated for every QShell command, with the job log having a single message, CPF2523, "No job log information....
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 10 Delivered

    Modern ILE C++ Compiler (at least C++11) and future support

    We need a modern ILE C++ compiler (at least C++11). Furthermore this compiler should be frequently updated within a IBM i release. In order to be able to provide our software long term for the IBM i platform, we would also need support for newer v...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 13 Delivered

    Auditing who created a share

    Modify the Add File Server Share (QZLSADFS) API to also record CREATE_TIMESTAMP and CREATE_USER.Make CREATE_TIMESTAMP and CREATE_USER available to the SERVER_SHARE_INFO view at: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=services-server-share-info-vi...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 4 Delivered

    Return a boolean in IWS (Integrated WebService Server)

    IWS does not support true/false booleans, so it cannot be used to generate JSON streams in RPG like this: {"success": true}Ideally, we should be able to declare an indicator in the RPG and have it translated to true / false (without quotes).Curren...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 4 Delivered

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