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My ideas: RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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Refactor->Extract Constant - for ILE RPG

Code Refactoring is a well known software best practice that involves improving the structure of existing computer code while preserving its behaviour.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_refactoringEclipse already has excellent refactoring support ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Change Open Source Member to Edit/Browse Mode

Currently if a source member is open in Browse mode, if I want to make a change, I have to close and re-open it in Edit mode. It would be nice if I could just use the right click menu to set Edit Mode. This would make a trip to the host to lock th...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Include RPGLE TAGs in outline view

Currently tags defined with the RPGLE op-code TAG don't appear anywhere in the outline view. I'd like to be able to see them in the outline view. Use Case: Working on some old converted code that uses TAG & GOTO. It'd be helpful to see the TAG...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

Remote System Explorer modify Object Filter to show library names

I use temporary libraries for holding projects that begin with a specific prefix (PWA*). If I create a Library filter for "PWA*" I can filter to these specific libraries but I have to scroll through all the objects to find the source files. If I c...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

Refresh CL outline on save

The CL outline is static unlike the RPG outline. This is understandable. However, even the COBOL outline refreshes when the source member is saved. When editing CL and then compiling, you cannot navigate directly to a label or subroutine until you...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

IBM RDi 9.5 RPG, Cobol Provide RSE port number parameter in eclipse.ini

Rational Developer for i 9.5 (SP2) is installed in a Citrix environment. We noticed that occasionally developers encounter a TCP port collision for Rational Developer (Remote Systems Explorer) or RSE component. Error message RSEC2201:E is issued w...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Display Parameters When Hovering Over External Procedure Calls

Display Parameter definitions when hovering over external procedure calls in the same way that happens when hovering over internal procedure calls. Use Case: I use content assist to add an external procedure call, and it displays the parameter nam...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Toggle button on Outline view to synchronize with the current selection in Lpex

In the outline view of RDi there should be a mark on the actual procedure or subroutine. The mark should be automatically updated every time when i scroll through the source code. Use Case: If i have procedures with many lines in my source i can n...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Setting to Change Default Insert Mode for Editor

Allow users to configure the default insert mode used in the LPEX editor. Currently, the editor defaults to replace mode every time a file is opened. I would like to be able to change it to default to insert mode instead. Use Case: Allow users to ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

Using source member name as job name during compilation using RDi

When I compile a program using PDM option 14, when I receive the break message, the name of the job is the source member name (ie - compiling member BLAH). I'll get a break message JOB 123456/MYUSERID/BLAH Completed normally on xx/xx/xx at hh:mm:s...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered