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IBM i

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improvement to SEND_EMAIL, add BLOB/CLOB as attachment

Be able to serve BLOB/CLOB objects as an attachment directly with SEND_EMAIL.
12 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Compile ILE source from Orion

Our team includes PHP developers who are beginning to maintain the existing RPG code base. Since the RPG code is included in the same git repository as the PHP code, we need the ability to make changes to the ILE source and compile from the same i...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 2 Not under consideration

ENUM construct an function

ENUM Similarly to java and other languages an enum construct may be useful to rpg programmer. It involves declaring key-value pairs and an instruction to find the value corresponding to the key provided e.g.: declare the enumeration name (enumerat...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

Binding Directory Explorer for IBM i Access Client

There is a high need for a more mature version of WRKBNDDIR. This new version, visioned to be part of IBM i Access Client, acts as an explorer of service programs as seen in the binding directory with the ability to allow the user to expand each s...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 4 Future consideration

SSL enable give/takedescriptor API's

The give/takedescriptor API's allow one to exchange the socket between a listener (main) program and a submitted client job. This however only works for non-SSL connections which makes it impossible to use the concept for accepting multiple simult...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Networking 8 Not under consideration

add file to existing savf

the request is to have the possibility to add objects to a SAVF already created and containing objects as happens for archive files eg. zip/tar.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Not under consideration

ACS Run SQL Scripts - add a shortcut to open a new tab

In ACS Run SQL Scripts, th user can open multiple tabs. Please add a shortcut button in the form of a small '+' button placed after the last tab currently opened, that will open a new tab when clicked. Basically, the same solutions for opening new...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Multiple QAUD* journal recievers

We would like the option to separate QAUD* journal receivers into multiple receivers depending on audit value specified in QAUDLVL/QAUDLVL2 with the same default security properties. Use Case: With multiple QAUD journal receivers we could select d...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Not under consideration

Enhance iACS Printer Output filter options

i ACS allows only two configurations for Printer Output com.ibm.iaccess.splf.FilterRestricted=true which disables the Filter and restricts the user to looking at spool files generated by the user Otherwise, the user has access to all spool files, ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Future consideration

Possibility to specify a compare procedure for SORTA and %LOOKUPxx

I would like to have the possibility to specify a compare procedure for SORTA and %LOOKUPxx in the way we are doing with the qsort and bsearchIt would make both instructions much more flexible. The pointer to the compare procedure should be added ...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Future consideration

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