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FOR-EACH with record level access

The new FOR-EACH is today working on list, however it would be nice if - in the future - it could be extended to also handle record level access. ( and perhaps also user defined iterators) The basic idea is to make tighter and more concise coding ...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 9 Not under consideration

Limit selecting another system to the System groups view if that is what you selected.

Working with the System Group view is a great enhancement in IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS). When using ACS Run SQL Scripts (RSS) you have the option to connect to another Database. When doing so the selection it is not limited to the databas...
2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

Add shortcut buttons/menu options

When using IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS) 5250 emulation I am able to switch to almost every other option of ACS using the Actions menu oprion. I am also able to add action buttons to the icons menu bar. The options I am using the most freque...
2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future consideration

Remote User/Password in ARCN0100 (Connect format)

An SQL Client Integration Exit Program (ARDPGM) receives remote DB credentials from the SQL system via the Connect format ARCN0100. Both User ID and Password parameters are limited to 10 characters each and the user ID contains only upper case cha...
18 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

OpenGpg full support for Gpg Encryption Ifs stream file

Create some easy script / Command to use OpenGpg. Case : I have to send to some supplier and Customer a gpg encrypted file created in Ifs, They gave me their GPG key. Now I have to encrypt. So the Ifs files sales.txt have to became sales.txt.gpg. ...
18 days ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 2 Functionality already exists

Add an EMAIL space to the *USRPRF object and allow that value to be retrieved with the qsyrusri api and RTVUSRPRF CL command

As we add more and more user profiles, the need to send those users email from the IBM i partition (using whatever) is important. However, today there is no way to associate an email address with an end-user's *USRPRF. For example, if I need to se...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Security 3 Not under consideration

Edit files in IFS using Navigator for i or ACS

After we installed the latest PTF's, the old Heritage IBM navigator for i has been disabled. Just about every week we EDIT a lot of files in the root file system and we used to be able to do this through the Heritage version. The only file system ...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Future consideration

CGI PDI Enable History Performance Reports PDF

Inavigator PDI Performance Data Investigator.Create Report of History Performance data , and preferably to be able to schedule them. Use Case: PM400 is End Of Support by IBM , There is an high demand from our IBM i customers to have similar monthl...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 7 Future consideration

ClamAV rpm requested for IBM i

Please may we have a port of ClamAV (already available on AIX) for the IBM i platform incuding back to 7.1 :-) Use Case: Ability to run Open Source AV on the IBM i platform.
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 5 Planned for future release

ACS Hotspots

We would like to take full advantage of ACS Hotspots but there is a conflict with programs where the mouse button has been enabled to recognise a double-click. The ENTER at cursor position also treated as double-click takes precedence and returns ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

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