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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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    Adopt a more frequent release schedule

    Currently the use of unrecognized keywords interrupts the outline and ctrl + space functionality. The last example is related to the keywords %UPPER and %LOWER.Adopting a frequent release of updates related to new keywords would help a lot. Use Ca...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    Add Maximum Line Length as a preference in Free-form SQL Formatting

    The SQL Auto-formatter in Rational Developer formats long predicates with the end-of-line preference passed the savable source column length.The SQL Formatter within ACS Run SQL Scripts allows you to specify a maximum line length. This same prefer...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

    Add the table's column text description to the Outline view.

    When viewing a program's opened files/columns, within the Outline view (under the "File" category), it would be very convenient to be able to see each column text description, defined by the given table. This could show up directly within the Outl...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 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

    Add ability to enter debug encryption key (dbgenckey) to debug via RDi service entry point

    Please add the ability to enter Debug Encryption Key (if used) when entering Service Entry Point to debug a program from Rational Developer for i. Use Case: Turn on option to specify debug encryption key on Set Service Entry Point. In RSE, Right c...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

    LPEX print preferences

    Currently changing print preferences requires a familiarity with the various set and/or query commands. It's a very tedious process. I'm requesting that these settings be made part of the preferences. Settings that would be good to have available ...
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

    Quick Method to Side by Side Compare an Open Source Member

    Provide a quick method to compare a source member opened in LPEX editor window. Current option available is slow because it forces browsing through libraries, source files and members before a source member can be selected. It would be a lot quick...
    about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

    Bring qualified data structure name to top of Content Assist prompt list

    I use Content Assist to autocomplete code all the time. For data structures, however, it hasn't been as nice. The reason is because I can't easily simply select a qualified data structure to complete, it brings up all the subfields as well for me ...
    over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

    Auto Generate Procedures

    Today in Eclipse when coding Java applications you can type a call to a method without the method existing. When eclipse sees that the method does not exist it gives an auto correct option to create the method based on the parameters passed in the...
    almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

    Add Hyperlink directly to external stored procedure source

    I have a call to an external procedure and I'd like to browse the code.So I pressed CONTROL and hoovered the cursor over the procedure whichchanged the external procedure into a hyperlink. I then pressed ENTER.This took me to the copy statement fo...
    over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

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