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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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RDI: Possibility to force an update of the image in Screen Designer

When editing a DDS screen file in the Screen Designer we have the possibility to switch between a Design and a Source window. So far so good. Unfortunately it happens that when changes are made to the source and you switch back to the Design windo...
22 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

RDI: Remember last Filter view > Date

When right clicking in a source and select Filter view > Dateit allways shows the current date and less than.In almost 100% of cases I change it to a lesser date for example 251001 and search for greater than. This works OK. I can see what has ...
22 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

Make text copyable in RDi property dialogs

Make text copyable in RDi property dialogs so it is easier to copy & paste information such as job names, output queue, etc. Candidate dialogs: Job properties, debug properties, etc.
24 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

Start Offline checkbox on RDi startup.

Sometimes it happens the RDi after entering signon credentials hangs during startup for different reasons (e.g. display file source tab in update mode was left open when closing workspace) In many of such cases a problem can be resolved by setting...
2 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Under review

Remember previous user ids when setting service entry point

When setting up service entry points, use the same control for the user id & condition so that previously used values can be re-selected easily. Most of the other fields on the Set Service Entry point dialog allow selection of previously used ...
3 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

Allow date formats to be configured for property dialogs in RSE

Allow date formats to be configured for property dialogs in RSE so dates are easier to read. Personally, I prefer shorter dates.
24 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

Possibility to create IFS objects filters

Because many sources for IBM objects e.g programs, commands can be stored in IFS directories, it would be good to have possibility to define IFS directories and files filters like ones available for objects.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

Improve the Reconnect process for RDi

When working remotely for the past 2 years I connect to our corporate network via VPN prior to opening RDi. Everything works fine in RDi until my VPN connection drops. At this point RDi still shows as connected. When I reconnect the VPN and try to...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

Add 'compare' function when working with IFS source.

When editing a source member that contains unsaved changes, you can press ESC and type 'compare' to highlight those changes. With IFS source, it doesn't do anything. I'd like the 'compare' function to work with IFS source just like it does with so...
9 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

Show tables and columns used in embedded SQL statements in structure view

The structure view displays in an extremely complete way all the uses of files, formats and zones by the native instructions (dcl-f, read, update ...). On the other hand, all the files and zones used by static SQL statements do not appear, which ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration