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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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    RDI: Outline does not show parameter usage for call statement

    When defining variables for parameters for a call statement in the parm statement they are specified as unreferenced. I have attached 2 files describing the situation.One shows the program snippet and the second shows the outline.In all cases the ...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

    Template for RPG fixed

    The templates can only be used with the free RPG code.Please add support for fixed RPG code. Or reintroduce snippet support, they were perfect!
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

    Add hover help features for Constant length to aid programmer productivity.

    While editing programs, we often hover over a variable to see definition information. If it is a constant (DCL-C) type, when hovered over, you see only the value. You do not know the length. It would be helpful to add the length of the constant, s...
    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

    Compatibility of RDi version 9.8 and EWM version 7.0.2.

    We would like to suggest compatibility between RDi version 9.8 with EWM version 7.0.2.Because based on ELM Documentation of "Detailed System Requirements - Supported Software", the version compatible with the EWM 7.0.2 is the IBM Rational Develope...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    In RDI ability to exit program debug immediately as in F3 using green screen STRDBG

    Using green screen STRDBG, while stepping through any program using F10, if the developer presses F3 to exit, the program stops running immediately. This is a bit of a safeguard to many developers where they know they can end a job midstream. This...
    over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

    D-Spec Convert to Free Format

    It would be extremely helpful to be able to convert D-Specs into free format declarations. Use Case: It would allow the ability to copy code from non-free format sources into totally **FREE code by having it easily converted.
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

    Enhance Remote Reconciler so that multiple source members can be pulled at once

    Today the Remote Reconciler does not allow selecting multiple source members for being pulled to the PC. Option "Pull from" is greyed out if multiple members are selected. In case there are several new source members on the host, the members can o...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    Change default behavior of filter pools in RDi.

    In RDi filter pools are VERY useful! But, there are some strange behaviors that I think should be addressed. 1. For some reason you cannot rename, or delete the default filter pool. Also, the name of the filter pool is UGLY! If you try to rename i...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Future consideration

    Display a timestamp in the Error List header to indicate when the currently displayed messages were retrieved

    When compiling a source member yields identical results to the previous compile - typically when there are no errors - it is impossible to tell that another compile has occurred. Under several circumstances, a compile may not actually occur when r...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

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