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IBM i

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    PDF/A urgently needed!!

    We really urgently need the possibility to create PDF/A documents as defined in ISO standard, because of our huge PDF archive (3500 PDF files daily). If we want to to store PDF documents in archive for 10 years(10y x 270 days x 3500 PDFs), we must...
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / Print 8 Future consideration

    Allow data structures to be extended or decorated

    RPG currently allows us to define a data structure with the same layout another with the LIKEDS keyword. It would be useful to be able to use a similar keyword to define the basic structure, but also to extend the data structure and add additional...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Future consideration

    String interpolation for RPG

    Add string interpolation support so variables can be inserted into string literals without having to use concatenation with + symbols and multiple literals. For example:apples = 4bananas = 3print(f"I have {apples} apples and {bananas} bananas") Us...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 11 Not under consideration

    Allow CALLSUBR on EXEC() parm of global MONMSG

    Currently, a global MONMSG can only have GOTO in the EXEC() parameter. With the addition of subroutines in CL, it would be beneficial to allow the CALLSUBR opcode in the EXEC() parameter to invoke a generic error handling routine. Use Case: Allowi...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Future consideration

    Exit Point QIBM_QDB_OPEN split

    In the operating system there is one entry point DBOPEN Format DBOP0100 that takes care of database access. This is a really powerful exit point, because if activated it shows every access to a file. But on the other side is this exact the biggest...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 12 Not under consideration

    Debugging in RDi should require only one step over EXEC SQL statements

    It would ease debugging if we could compile programs with compile option DBGVIEW(*NOSQLSRC) No SQL source. This would skip over all embedded sql statements but still would allow them to run. Use Case: This saves time when you are debugging program...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 10 Not under consideration

    Allow SQL name when declaring a data structure

    Allow a data structure declaration to use a SQL name Use Case: dcl-ds thirdPT extName('THIRDPARTYTABLESQLNAME') alias qualified;end-Ds;
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Future consideration

    Copy To Archive File (CPYTOARCF) Enhancement

    Please enhance the CPYTOARCF command so that it takes the specified directory as the root directory in the zip file. Example 1: CPYTOARCF FROMFILE('/home/raddatz/temp/ziptest')TOARCF('/home/raddatz/temp/ziptest.zip') In this case the first directo...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 4 Future consideration

    520 Byte Sector Storage Support on EXP24SX

    EXP24SX expansion unit should support 520 byte sector storage devices (both HDD and SSD) for IBM i. Only 4K byte storage is currently supported, but sales team needs to pay special attention to its performance, which may spoil their productivity. ...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Hardware 3 Not under consideration

    LPEX Bracket matching

    When editing sources which have expressions that contain multiple brackets it is often difficult to see which open and closing brackets match. Most other editors highlight the pair of matching brackets while navigating in the source, please provid...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

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