Spool File Viewer Not Showing all Spool Files in OutQ

[calexander]

Hello,
We have a problem where it seems that the Spool File Viewer app is not showing all spool files once there are too many in the outq for it to handle. There are 99590 spool files in QEZJOBLOG ranging from creation dates of 2025-08-20 to 2025-08-26 (the last 7 days) however what is displayed is only from approximately 2025-08-20 12:00:00 to 2025-08-21 09:50:00. The Spool File Viewer app must be hitting some internal limit somewhere when it reaches this high of a number of spool files in one outq.

Valence version 6.3.20250708.0.

Fyi, I blacked out some of the unimportant information in the screenshot below.

Thanks!
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[robert.swanson]

Yes, I believe the current application maxes out at 32K files per output queue. This is due to the way it loads up an array using the old-school IBM i APIs.

For the next release we're planning to revamp this application to use SQL utilities instead of the APIs, which should significantly increase the number of records it can accommodate. A similar issue exists with file limits in IFS Explorer app. We're looking at that as well.

[gzambrano]

Hi,

Since your are planning to revamp this app, I get an issue with output queue QEZJOBLOG, it appears on the list of Out Queues, but when I click on it to display the Spooled Files, it doesn't show all of them:
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In the app, it correctly displays 7 files, but in the Spooled Files list only one file appears (the one dated 21/08/2025, earliest one).

Thanks.?

[robert.swanson]

FYI, these issues with missing spool files have been confirmed fixed in the forthcoming Valence 6.4 release, which should be available in Beta form sometime next month.