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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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RDi RSE - save IFS filters like libraries/objects/members

When editing source in the IFS, it's really inconvenient to have to browse through the entire IFS tree to find the source you want to edit. It would be much better to have saved filters to quickly go to where you want instead. Use Case: After star...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Include field name specified on procedure prototype in content assist prompt.

We have over 3500 procedures in our service programs. All have the field name that should be used specified on the prototype parameters. It sure would be nice if these field names were included in the Content Assist and would be injected into the ...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 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...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Execute Line Commands over Multiple Views of Same Source Member

Currently, you can only execute line commands within a single view of a source member, which requires you to navigate between different sections of the same code on a single view, and can be time consuming if you have multiple line commands to exe...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

Push To Client - Save/deploy folder/files

Most 3rd-party add-on tools for Eclipse (RDi) store their configurations in one or more XML files. It would be great if we could specify certain files and/or folders that should be saved by Push To Client and deployed to the same relative path for...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

"Open Declaration" should actually open the declaration

When doing a "Open Declaration" on an externally defined procedure or field, RDi simply jumps to the line in the existing source where the procedure or field is imported. This is the easy way out and is not very helpful. Use Case: In the case of c...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Include custom perspectives in push to client

The push to client feature is a nice addition to reduce the work required when creating a new workspace, especially when upgrading to a new release (re-using a workspace between releases can cause issues so I always create a new one). However, thi...
over 9 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 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

RFE Request - Duplicate debugging, only one view?

When doing a parallel debug (I am simultaneously debugging the same application between two systems), it does show a separate branch in the Debug view...but only one Listing view. Should there be a separate view tab for each debug session? It is p...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

RFE Request - Monitoring same field from two (or more) programs

In the Monitors view, it is possible to monitor the same field more than once when it appears in two (or more) programs being debugged, or in two (or more) programs in the stack. When done, the field appears in the list multiple times as needed bu...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration