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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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    Global Snippets

    Provide ability to have a Snippet Category containing common code all Developers can access. Instead of having to Export one set of Snippets, and have others Import those, having the ability to have one or more Categories of Snippets come from a l...
    about 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

    NEW D-Specifications from selected text

    Would like to be able to generate D-spec fields from selected text The New menu will not appear when text is selected. It seems like it would be a productivity improvement if the selected text could appear in the name input of any of the New menu ...
    over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

    Consolidated Project View

    System: Rational Developer for Power Systems ProjectActor: User needing new feature The iProject view is commonly used for development of RPG applications. Many applications have a variety of architectures that are required for development, many w...
    almost 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered

    Retain sort state of Object Table View after refresh

    Please save the sort state of the Object Table View and restore it after refreshing the content of the view. Or, refresh the content, not the state, of the view. Use Case: In a long list of source members sorted by name, I am looking at a spot whe...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

    RSE "Filter Strings" Dialog Usability

    This dialog must be one of the strangest and most incomprehensible Windows dialogs in any Windows application anywhere. I am always puzzled by: 1. The flow of control: How the buttons and dropdowns work, how they're related to one another, in what...
    about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

    Make background IBM i search not interfere with opening member, running commands, debugging

    Running of IBM i searches can now be done in background which does not block the UI and we can now edit an already opend member. However, the search uses the same communication channel as is used to run commands, open members, expand items in RSE,...
    over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

    Allow changing color of block nesting arrows

    We have some developpers that change the Lpex editor colors to have a black background which they find less hard on the eyes. The show block nesting action (ctrl-shift-o) uses dark blue arrows to show the nesting of if / do / for, etc. That color ...
    over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

    IBM i Search results view should include complete line even when searching specific columns

    In IBM i search there is san option to restrict the search to a column range, however this also affects the results view as only those columns of the line is shown.I think it more as the search criteria is a key and the result is the whole line.Fo...
    about 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

    possibility to 'minimize' /'collapse' selected nbr of lines of code

    having the possibility 'minimize-collapse-hide' multiple (user) selected nbr of lines of code. By minimizing one would hide the less important code and giving more view on the important code Use Case: having the possibility 'minimize-collapse-hide...
    about 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

    RDP 8.5 live outline view does not show field if used in internally described printer output

    Version 8.5 does not show usage of a field if the field is used in internally described printer output - ie O specs Use Case: 8.0.3 static outline view does support this but 8.5 live outline view does not.
    about 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

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