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IBM i

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Many commands are still missing the option OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) !

The As400 Is about 40 years old, and till todays day, many important commands do not have yet an OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) option, just OUTPUT(*PRINT). The programmer-user needs to do some patching to get it into a DB File or use it in a program. Here is a...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Delivered

Default Remote Systems Connection

Add a flag to specify whether a connection should 'connect' at start-up. Use Case: When the Object Table or Remote Systems Explorer (RSE) views along with the Commands Log are set as fast views--then when you can select a filter to expand in the R...
over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Add Availability of SQL Table Functions to Documentation

SQL Table Functions are great, but dangerous to use if used in commercial or Open Source Software, because the documentation lacks release information. Please add the release and the technology refreshes since when a SQL table function is availabl...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Documentation 2 Delivered

Add Support to See List of Returned HTTP Headers

The Transport C APIs of the integrated web services client currently allow a program to retrieve the status code, response data, and individual HTTP header values from a web service response. Unfortunately, there is no way today to determine which...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Delivered

Prevent unknown RPGLE language features from breaking validation/outline view

Working for a financial company, users are extremely limited in their ability to download and install updated versions of developer tools. It can be years between updates to Rational Developer, as getting a new version requires a lengthy verificat...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Delivered

Hotspot Funktion

In the Option "HotSpots" you can define, that function Keys and URL are shown as 3D-buttons.Is it possible to make it look better and not ugly like now?Or Make it possible to configure the border/text-color/background-color. It would be better if ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

Shortcut keys on ACS Data Transfer dialog

In the current ACS Data Transfer function, when closing the main window after completing a transfer, the Inquiry Message dialog "Do you want to save this transfer request?" does not provide shortcut keys for the Yes/No buttons. Use Case: 1. Open t...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Add *EVENTF to CRTCMD

Creating a command from source does not currently produce results in the Error List view in RDi. This is because CRTCMD lacks support for the *EVENTF option. Add support for the *EVENTF option to CRTCMD so error output will display in RDi. At the ...
about 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Add parameter to RSTOBJ command

In the RSTOBJ command parameters it would be great to let you filter by attribute as well (FILEATR), in case you select *FILE would also specify the type (*PF, *LF, *PRTF, *DSPF, etc.) OBJTYPE > *FILE FILEATR > *PF Use Case: We usually have ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 3 Delivered

Add 7.4 support to the list of PTF's

Add 7.4 to document N1021943 athttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/access-ptf-cover-letters Use Case: service and support
about 5 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 1 Delivered