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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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    RDi: Add templates for CL and DDS

    We have a number of templates which we use for the creation of new programs and display files, and having discovered templates within RDi, wanted to transfer them into RDi so they are at every developer's fingertips. Unfortunately, there's no supp...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    Change "Open Member in Editor" dialog to open "Select a member" or file tree level matching where you click on "Browse..."

    In the "Open Member in Editor" dialog, you can specify everything from connection to library to file to member. If you don't know the library or file or member, you can browse for them. See "Open Member in Editor.png" attachment. But the browse di...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Future consideration

    "Ctrl-a" (Select All) in a Find Dialogue text entry box should select text there only, not in the editor source

    On RDi 9.6.0.4, with the Find Dialogue open in an active editor, with the cursor positioned in either the "Find" or "Replace" text box, pressing Ctrl-a to Select All should select only the text in that box. Currently, this keyboard shortcut select...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

    RDi - Dual Objects Table view or ability to have more than one Object Table view open

    Create a "Dual Objects View" which consists of two linked Object Tables where you can select objects from two different filters. The two tables should be "linked" by object/member name - so that it is possible to compare sources and/or objects bet...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    Member on second display cannot be used when accessing RDi commands via menu

    I recently added a second monitor to my machine, to be able to utilize RDi more effectively. The second monitor is in portrait mode (picture a TV turned sideways). I've been dragging source onto the second screen & then maximizing the screen, ...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

    Code Coverage Consolidation with multiple cczip files on same object not working in RDi9.8

    In RDi 9.8, When executing multiple test cases on different procedures in a module or on a program, different cczip files are created. We use below approach to consolidate them and generate the final code coverage. However, it doesn't consolidate ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    When editing DDS, show Screen/Record format you are on, much like RDi shows (Main Procedure), subroutine or procedure as you click through the code.

    As a Developer, when you search for text or page through your code, RDi shows you the name of the procedure, subroutine at the bottom left of the code window. In DDS for a Display file, you can not tell which record format you are in. For larger D...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    Allow double click to expand/collapse an Outline element

    Currently, to expand/collapse an Outline view element, like "Files", "Data Structures", "Fields", etc, (or any of the sub elements), we need to click the arrow to the left of the element name. It would be convenient to allow us to double click a g...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    Show Properties of Modules in Program Objects in RDI

    RDi should display module source and service information for ILE programs like it does for OPM when a program is compiled with *DEBUG information. Some source information is available indirectly thru the Application Diagram, but it should be more ...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

    Include Left Hand Indicators in Outline

    Please include Left Hand indicators in the Outline. they currently don't get picked up. Use Case: .
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 9 Future consideration

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