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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

Rational Developer for i, Source Compare too many clicks

In IBM Rational Developer for i, when you are in a source member, such as RPGLE, and you want to compare that source to another version of the source, say the production version you have to do a whole lot of clicking and typing before you find the...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Not under consideration

Automatic source building

The features allows the user to configure how an specific source member will be compiled and binded in order to automatically build the source when a change is detected on the code. Use Case: The user press right click on a source member and selec...
about 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Not under consideration

Possibility to use *LIBL when attaching DB Fields as Reference in Screendesigner

When attaching Reference Fields within the Screendesigner, to a display always the Library is explicitely defined. It would be nice to configure this behaviour and to be able to choose the usage of *LIBL instead Use Case: When using different Libr...
about 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Not under consideration

Add MONMSG to control codes when filtering view by control; improve [Shft]-Ctrl-M behavior

In the editor view there is an option to filter the view by code, date, etc. And by control, so that the structural flow can be seen better. In CL code, the MONMSG command can have a DO on its EXEC parameter. This, however, does not appear in the ...
about 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Not under consideration

Allow CHGPF and ALTER TABLE to drop columns

When CHGPF is issues as a 5250 green screen command, and the effect is to drop or shorten a column, an inquiry message requesting to proceed is sent to the workstation so the user can allow the CHGPF to proceed. In RDi, this does not work since th...
over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Not under consideration

Delete and other options on Outline view of DDS Desginer

Add options to the Outline view in the DDS Designer perspective--e.g., 'Delete' to delete the selected component, 'Align', etc. This should be available in the Design tab as well as the Source tab. It would enable edit functions on hidden fields a...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Not under consideration

Rational Developer for i and Data Studio

I have RDI installed on my computer, when I open it it starts RDI with Data Studio as seen in the attached image. Now I have a new computer on which I installed RDI but Data Studio does not open like on my old computer and therefore I do not have ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Not under consideration

"Totally Free" and Column Sensitive Editing

When using **FREE, the left-side comment area is supposed to be deactivated and usable for full width source, but the column sensitive editing feature still treats the former comment zone as a separate editing column causing weird behavior when ed...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Not under consideration

In the LPEX editor, add an option to Copy/Move a selected block before the current line.

In the LPEX editor, add an option to copy or move a selected block before the current line. At present, the only option is to move the block to after the current line. If you are trying to move something to the top, you have to split the top line ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Not under consideration

[RDP] iProjects - Compare to File in LPEX-editor - autocompare to file on Remote System

System: RDPHeader: Compare to File improvement In RDP / LPEX Editor there is a feature to compare to a file. Using this feature is very helpful in many situations but also annoying because you have to set every time the location of the compared fi...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Not under consideration

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