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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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    Outline not showing modified marker on fields using assignment operators

    Fields modified using (at least) += are not showing in the outline as being modified "line# (m)". Use Case: I have Live outline on. See sample images for references.
    almost 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Is a defect

    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

    Allow Kerberos to be specified by connection

    Currently Kerberos Authentication (SSO) can only be specified for all connections. It would be preferred to specify authentication options by connection. My normal programmer profile does not have *CHANGE authority to production programs as requir...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Future consideration

    Ctrl-m/Ctrl-Shift-m to navigate/select SQL statements

    You can already use ctrl-m/ctrl-shift-m to jump between (or highlight) code blocks with the standard block identifiers like If/EndIf. It would be very good if the editor treated "exec sql" and ";" as block identifiers too. Use Case: Copying SQL fr...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    RDI: Missing an option for Hide Block Nesting

    We have the possibility to select Source > Show Block Nesting. I'm missing an option to Hide Block Nesting ( or remove it). Right now I have to close the source and reopen it in order to remove them. There might be an easy way to do it but I ha...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

    Remove SSH dependency for RDi

    Currently RDi requires SSH to be active to support remote debugging. We want to limit SSH access due to security requirements which is currently not possible. The debugger already runs on port 3825... can't it be changed to fully support remote de...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

    Add ability for Comment/Uncomment to work with SQL Scripts

    When editing SQL scripts it would be super if Comment (ctrl+/) & Uncomment (cntl+\) worked as it does with RPG. Use Case: Given any block of code like: create or replace view V1asselect T1.C1 ,T1.C2 ,T2.C3from T1 left outer join T2 on T1.C1=T2...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    I would like to see the outline include files that are used by embedded SQL

    I would like to see files used by embedded SQL in an RPGLE program in the outline view. Currently only files defined on F specs show in the outline view. Use Case: I use the outline view occasionally to see what files a program uses and how. If fi...
    over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under 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 ...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

    RDi don't move cursor on mouse scroll

    Don't move the cursor when the code is scrolled with the mouse wheel. All the other editors I've used leave the cursor alone and easily scroll back to the original location when typing or using the arrow keys. Use Case: editing code
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

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