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[buzzia2001]

Pull Request: Removed Old Deprecation - Enhanced Action Support - New Object Types

Summary

This PR removes old deprecation warnings and adds comprehensive action support for IBM i object types. The extension now supports 20 different IBM i object types with detailed views and management capabilities.

Object Types and Actions

Object Type	Actions Available	Toolbar
Data Queue (DTAQ)	Send Message, Clear Queue	✅
Data Area (DTAARA)	Change Value	✅
Binding Directory (BNDDIR)	Add Entry, Remove Entry	✅
File (FILE)	Query File	✅
Job Queue (JOBQ)	Hold, Release, Clear, Hold/Release/End Jobs	✅
Journal (JRN)	Generate Receiver, Display Entries	✅
Message Queue (MSGQ)	Clear Queue	✅
Output Queue (OUTQ)	Hold, Release, Clear, Manage Writer, Delete Old Spools, Generate PDF, Delete Spool	✅
Save File (SAVF)	Download, Upload, Clear, Save, Restore	✅
Subsystem (SBSD)	Start, End, End Jobs	✅
User Space (USRSPC)	Change Value	✅
Class (CLS)	-	❌
Command (CMD)	-	❌
DDM File (DDMF)	-	❌
Job Description (JOBD)	-	❌
Journal Receiver (JRNRCV)	-	❌
Message File (MSGF)	-	❌
Module (MODULE)	-	❌
Program/Service Program (PGM/SRVPGM)	-	❌
Query Definition (QRYDFN)	Translate to SQL	✅

Key Features

Common to All Actions

• Auto-refresh: Document updates after successful toolbar actions
• Protected library validation: Blocks operations on system libraries
• Error handling: Comprehensive validation and error messages
• Confirmation dialogs: For destructive operations

Action Details by Object Type

Data Queue

• Send Message: Keyed/non-keyed support, UTF8 format, length validation, key validation
• Clear Queue: Removes all messages with confirmation
• View: Messages (standard & UTF8), queue info, sender details, timestamps

Data Area

• Change Value: All types (*CHAR, *DEC, *LGL), substring modification (start/length), type-based validation, range checking
• View: Current value, type, length, decimal positions, text description

Binding Directory

• Add Entry: *MODULE/*SRVPGM support, *IMMED/*DEFER activation, path validation (library/object format)
• Remove Entry: Individual entry removal with confirmation
• View: Entries list, exported procedures from bound service programs

File

• Query File: Opens SQL editor with pre-filled SELECT statement
• View: File/table/view/index info, statistics, members, dependent objects, supports PF/LF/VIEW/INDEX

Job Queue

• Hold/Release/Clear: Queue-level operations with status validation
• Hold/Release/End Jobs: Individual job management with confirmation
• View: Queue status, jobs list with details (status, submitter, timestamps)

Journal

• Generate Receiver: Creates new journal receiver (CHGJRN JRNRCV(*GEN))
• Display Entries: Opens SQL editor with DISPLAY_JOURNAL table function query
• View: Journal configuration, receiver chain with statistics, sequence numbers, timestamps

Message Queue

• Clear Queue: Removes all messages with confirmation (CLRMSGQ)
• View: Messages with ID, first/second level text, severity, sender job/user, timestamps

Output Queue

• Hold/Release/Clear: Queue management operations (HLDOUTQ/RLSOUTQ/CLROUTQ)
• Manage Writer: Auto start/stop based on current state (STRRMTWTR/STRPRTWTR/ENDWTR)
• Delete Old Spools: Age-based deletion with day input (SYSTOOLS.DELETE_OLD_SPOOLED_FILES)
• Generate PDF: Download individual spool as PDF (SYSTOOLS.GENERATE_PDF)
• Delete Spool: Remove individual spooled file (DLTSPLF)
• View: Queue status, spooled files list with details (name, user, job, pages, size)

Save File

• Download: Export SAVF to local file (copy to stream file, then download)
• Upload: Import local file to SAVF (upload, then copy from stream file)
• Clear: Remove all objects from SAVF (CLRSAVF)
• Save: Save objects/libraries to SAVF with comprehensive options (SAVOBJ/SAVLIB)
• Restore: Restore from SAVF with comprehensive options (RSTOBJ/RSTLIB)
• View: SAVF info, objects list, file members, spooled files, IFS objects (multi-panel)

Subsystem

• Start: Start subsystem with confirmation (STRSBS)
• End: End subsystem with option selection *IMMED/*CNTRLD (ENDSBS)
• End Jobs: End individual jobs in subsystem (ENDJOB)
• View: Subsystem status, pools, autostart jobs, workstation entries, routing entries, prestart jobs, job queue entries, active jobs

User Space

• Change Value: Modify user space data with start position and value input (QSYS2.CHANGE_USER_SPACE)
• View: Size, extendable flag, initial value, domain, data (text and binary/hex)

Class (Read-Only)

• View: Run priority, time slice, resource limits (CPU time, temporary storage, threads), default wait time, purge eligibility, usage statistics
• Note: Uses QWCRCLSI API via SQL stored procedure (auto-created on first use)

Command (Read-Only)

• View: Processing program, validity checking program, prompt override program, message/help files, execution environment settings (interactive/batch/REXX), threading attributes, CCSID

DDM File (Read-Only)

• View: Remote location info (system name/address, port), access method, remote file name/library, connection settings
• Note: Parses DSPDDMF output, handles multi-line field values

Job Description (Read-Only)

• View: Job queue, output queue, library list, accounting code, routing data, message logging, job switches, hold on job queue

Journal Receiver (Read-Only)

• View: Status, size, sequence numbers (first/last), attach/detach/save timestamps, linked receivers (previous/next), remote journal configuration, filter settings

Message File (Read-Only)

• View: All messages with ID, first/second level text, severity, reply type, default reply, valid reply values/ranges

Module (Read-Only)

• View: Basic info (creation date, source file, compiler options), size details (code, debug data, static storage), procedures list, imports/exports, referenced system objects, copyright strings
• Note: Uses DSPMOD with multiple DETAIL options (*BASIC, *SIZE, *IMPORT, *EXPORT, *PROCLIST, *REFSYSOBJ, *COPYRIGHT)

Program/Service Program (Read-Only)

• View: Program info, bound modules with source details, bound service programs with signatures, exported procedures (SRVPGM only), SQL settings, optimization details, activation group

Query Definition

• Translate to SQL: Converts Query/400 definitions to SQL format using RTVQMQRY command
• View: SQL translation of query definition with proper table notation (LIB.FILE instead of LIB/FILE)
• Note: Uses temporary source file and alias for extraction, automatically cleans up temporary objects

Testing Requirements

For Each Action Test:

• Toolbar execution - Click button in editor, verify auto-refresh
• Protected library - Test on QSYS objects, verify blocked with warning
• Error scenarios - Invalid inputs, disconnected connection, command failures
• Confirmation dialogs - Verify for destructive operations (delete, clear, end)
• Input validation - Test boundary conditions, invalid formats, empty values

Specific Test Cases by Object Type

Data Queue

• Send message to non-keyed queue
• Send message to keyed queue with valid key
• Send UTF8 message
• Send message exceeding max length (should fail validation)
• Send message with key exceeding key length (should fail validation)
• Clear queue with messages
• Clear empty queue
• View messages in standard format
• View messages in UTF8 format

Data Area

• Change *CHAR data area (full value)
• Change *CHAR data area (substring with start/length)
• Change *DEC data area with valid decimal
• Change *DEC data area with out-of-range value (should fail)
• Change *LGL data area with 0
• Change *LGL data area with 1
• Change *LGL data area with invalid value (should fail)
• Test on protected library (should fail)

Binding Directory

• Add *MODULE entry with *IMMED activation
• Add *SRVPGM entry with *DEFER activation
• Add entry with invalid path format (should fail validation)
• Remove entry with confirmation
• Cancel remove operation
• View entries list
• View exported procedures from bound service programs

File

• Query physical file (PF)
• Query logical file (LF)
• Query SQL view
• Query SQL index
• View file statistics
• View file members
• View dependent objects

Job Queue

• Hold job queue (verify status change)
• Release held job queue
• Try to hold already held queue (should fail)
• Try to release non-held queue (should fail)
• Clear job queue with jobs
• Hold individual job in queue
• Release held job
• End individual job with confirmation
• View jobs list with status

Journal

• Generate new journal receiver
• Display journal entries in SQL editor
• View journal configuration
• View receiver chain
• View receiver statistics (entries, sequence numbers)

Message Queue

• Clear queue with messages
• Clear empty queue
• View messages with different severities
• View message first level text
• View message second level text
• View sender information

Output Queue

• Hold output queue
• Release output queue
• Clear output queue with spools
• Start printer writer (remote)
• Start printer writer (local)
• Stop printer writer
• Manage writer (auto start/stop based on state)
• Delete old spools (specify days)
• Generate PDF from spool file
• Download generated PDF
• Delete individual spool file
• View spooled files list

Save File

• Download SAVF to local file
• Upload local file to SAVF
• Clear SAVF with objects
• Save object to SAVF (with options: object type, target release, compression)
• Save library to SAVF (with options)
• Restore object from SAVF (with options: target library, object differences)
• Restore library from SAVF (with options)
• View SAVF contents (objects, members, spools, IFS objects)

Subsystem

• Start subsystem
• End subsystem with *IMMED option
• End subsystem with *CNTRLD option
• End individual job in subsystem
• View subsystem status
• View pools configuration
• View autostart jobs
• View workstation entries
• View routing entries
• View prestart job entries
• View job queue entries
• View active jobs

User Space

• Change user space value at position 1
• Change user space value at custom position
• View user space data (text format)
• View user space data (binary/hex format)
• View size and extendable flag

Read-Only Objects (Class, Command, DDM File, Job Description, Journal Receiver, Message File, Module, Program/Service Program)

• Open object from browser
• View all detail panels/tabs
• Verify no action buttons in toolbar
• Verify all information displays correctly
• Test with various object configurations

Query Definition

• Translate Query/400 definition to SQL
• Verify SQL syntax correctness
• Verify table notation conversion (LIB/FILE to LIB.FILE)
• Test with complex queries (joins, subqueries)
• Verify temporary objects cleanup
• Test error handling for invalid query definitions

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[sebCIL]

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a long time ago, i made pull requests on this repo.

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