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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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    Allow SQL format option in RDi for SQL source types

    Allow function in RDI for SQL source member types (TABLE, VIEW, FUNCTION, PROCEDURE, etc) that will reformat copy and pasted SQL so that it easily formats to the 80 column width of the source file. Allow "Format" option in the RDi source menu for ...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

    Using restart option i RDI does not reset sourceline date column - it becomes the date for the last time you started RDI.

    As the Headline says. Source line date does default to todays date after restart, it keeps the date from the last time RDI was closed all the way down and up again. Use Case: Arrive work in the morning and unlock your computer (which you didn't tu...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    RDi option to open member/file by URL or other external trigger (command line)

    The option/feature, to open a member or IFS file in LPEX via an external trigger like - clicking an URL- a command on client side (Win/Mac/Linux)- a command on server side (IBM i) Use Case: Integration in SCM systems and/or inhouse-tools
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    Create/Add Member Filter from Object Table

    Add function to Object Table to select one or more results, right-click, and add the selection to a member filter. There is a similar function in a 3rd party plugin called iSphere that allows adding search results to a member filter, but, its for ...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    RDi IBM i Search retain last Member filter

    Rational Developer for i version 9.8 always defaults to a blank Member filter when doing an IBM i Search (CTRL-H => IBM i Search). This means the "*" has to be entered every time. This was a change from prior versions (like 9.6) which defaulted...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    Outline View Artifacts from /INCLUDEs

    In the LPEX editor (specifically for RPG) the outline view shows artifacts from include files. While I can understand that this may be desirable behavior some of the time, it is very annoying when developing a module that has includes for many oth...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

    It is not possible to use another Editor for XML instead of LPEX-Editor!

    I tried to use another editor for XML-Files located in IBM i-Sourcefiles. It doesn't matter if I install a new editor or trry to use another editor, RDi always use the LPEX-Editor. In this editor you cannot check XML-rules. Please give us the poss...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

    Add a setting to turn off the fly-over text

    in RPG program, when you have a fairly long sql query, with comments, the fly-over text takes up the entire screen and the source code is then hidden.it would be necessary to provide a parameter or a key sequence to be able to deactivate the fly-o...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    Find/Replace (CTRL-F) regular expressions in RDP (LPEX) should match the help text "regular expression patterns".

    Using the regular expressions for find/replace in the LPEX editor on RDP is confusing. The help text clearly shows that the regular expression patterns should use the details described in the java.util.regex.Pattern javadoc but there are differenc...
    over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

    Make RDi main product reopen on monitor it was shut down on when restarted

    I have needs to have several different compile environments and I do not use multiple connections because I have to use tools in RDi that do not honor those connections properly. So, I often set up the library list for the environment I want and I...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

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