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My votes: RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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RDI: Fields defined in multiple files are not shown in outline

When a field is defined in multiple files it is not possible to see this in the outline. If you have 2 files ( myFileA and myFileB ) both containing the field myField then expanding the outline for myFileA should also show the line for myFileB wit...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Regular expression scan and replace

Please add 'replace' to the regular expression search. In particular, the ability to use back references to capturing groups is very much desired. Use Case: I had an SQL script that was several hundred lines long which I wanted to put into a CL pr...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Rational Developer for I code generation

We are on OS 7.1 using Rational 9.1.1 - When I convert code to free form it is still creating the FREE END-FREE statements even though they are no longer required on OS 7.1 - Can the generation if Free End-Free statements be made optional? Use Cas...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Line outline doesn't show numbered indicators

When we have an RPGLE source open with the live outline open there is no reference of the numbered indicator.Exemple *IN(10) and *IN12 are used in the program. Only *IN12 appear in the outline. Even with the search, I can't find the *IN(10). The i...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

IPx commands in LPEX

IPx commands in LPEX to display source prompter with the right line type, like in SEU (IPH, IPF, IPC, IPCX...) Use Case: Usefull when creating new source members
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Search/Replace (Ctrl+F) Enhancement

Highlighting a section of code and then hitting Ctrl+F would cause the highlighted text to be placed into the Find text box as a new search. Use Case: Ctrl-F causes Find/Replace to be displayed, but with the previous search in the Find text box. T...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered

Would like to put the "Quick Filter" controls at the bottom of the Object List view.

The "Quick filter" controls are too wide when placed on the left or right side of the Object List view when the Object List view is tall and skinny. I run with the Object List view oriented vertically along the right-hand side of the RDi window, j...
9 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

Add a timestamp to the error log view

It is often not clear if I am looking at an old or a new log. Please add a timestamp here.
10 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

Adding a hyperlink to comment source code when developing in Remote System Explorer in RDi.

We use Jira as our document control/status control/issue tracker. We also put this Jira number within our source code as a comment. It will be great if we can add a hyperlink to that Jira number, so when you click on this hyperlink it will take yo...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

Remove scrolling when repositioning to next/previous error.

When using the next/previous error buttons in RDi, the program used to go directly to the source line. At some point this was changed to scroll to the source line. However, this scrolling is much too slow and negatively affects the time taken to c...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered