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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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    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...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    RDI: rendering a screen takes forever - should cache field reference file

    I'm working from home via VPN. When editing a subfile in a display file it takes forever to render the screen using the screen designer. A total of 28 fields in the subfile control and subfile took 10 minutes to render. I think that the cause is t...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

    Allow Kerberos to be specified by connection

    Currently Kerberos Authentication (SSO) can only be specified for all connections. It would be preferred to specify authentication options by connection. My normal programmer profile does not have *CHANGE authority to production programs as requir...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Future consideration

    Ctrl-m/Ctrl-Shift-m to navigate/select SQL statements

    You can already use ctrl-m/ctrl-shift-m to jump between (or highlight) code blocks with the standard block identifiers like If/EndIf. It would be very good if the editor treated "exec sql" and ";" as block identifiers too. Use Case: Copying SQL fr...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 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

    Add ability for Comment/Uncomment to work with SQL Scripts

    When editing SQL scripts it would be super if Comment (ctrl+/) & Uncomment (cntl+\) worked as it does with RPG. Use Case: Given any block of code like: create or replace view V1asselect T1.C1 ,T1.C2 ,T2.C3from T1 left outer join T2 on T1.C1=T2...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    Remove SSH dependency for RDi

    Currently RDi requires SSH to be active to support remote debugging. We want to limit SSH access due to security requirements which is currently not possible. The debugger already runs on port 3825... can't it be changed to fully support remote de...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

    RDi don't move cursor on mouse scroll

    Don't move the cursor when the code is scrolled with the mouse wheel. All the other editors I've used leave the cursor alone and easily scroll back to the original location when typing or using the arrow keys. Use Case: editing code
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    Move lines Up or Down in RDi/LPEX

    RDi has a setting to move a line up or down (using ALT + UP / ALT + DOWN) that does not work in the LPEX Editor. Can we please enable that? Use Case: Rather than copying a line and pasting it elsewhere in your code - Hitting ALT + DOWN will move t...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

    Optionally Show Hover Text in Fixed-Width Font

    RPG is coded in a fixed-width font, including comments. This allows multiple lines to have data line up in the same place, including in comments. However, when those comments are shown in hover text (e.g. for prototypes) they're shown in variable-...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

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