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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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Enable block nesting in RPG source members

When editing and RPGLE source member you can use the block nesting function to have RDp connect the IF/ENDIF, DO/ENDDO, FOR/ENDFOR (etc.) statements. This is really nice if someone didn't do a very good job of indenting or if the group spans multi...
about 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 9 Not under consideration

A menu (to print/export...) in the "Field table" view

In the "Field table", the same menu as on the "Object table" or "Member table" view, to be able to print or export the field definitions Use Case: Helpfull to create documentation
almost 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Screen/Print Designer allow setting properties on multiple selected fields

In the Screen and Report Designers we cannot select multiple fields and change common properties. This functionality was available in CODE Designer. For instance, on a screen, we want all headings a certain color. In Screen Designer we have to mak...
almost 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Import existing user defined options into PDM perspective

We are relatively new to RDi and have a lot of user defined options coded for the green screen version of PDM. RDi does have a PDM perspective but there is no way to bring in the pre-existing options already defined in the green screen PDM. Need t...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

Export LPEX Outline View

The content of the LPEX Outline view should be exportable. It would be a great basis for application documentation—even better if the context help for procedures/fields/constants would be included. JSON or XML would be fine maybe also a readable f...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Future consideration

Specify include directories at connection level

Most of the commands for creating ILE modules and ILE programs like CRTBNDRPG and CRTRPGMOD have the parameter INCDIR. This parameter will be needed if there is a copy book in the source to compile, which is located in the IFS and which is specifi...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

Copy Function RDI

Hello, I have not checked out the new release yet but if the ability to copy from one source to another one open in the workspace using (c(c) and a) as we can do in the current source in addition to copy/paste would be a big time saver I think. Si...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

RDi Projects CTRL-SHIFT-C support

In RDi RSE I can use the key combination CTRL-SHIFT-C to compile my program, however in RDi I Projects this is not possible. Please also provide this shortcut as it saves mouse handling. Use Case: In RDi RSE I can use the key combination CTRL-SHIF...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under 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...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Future 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
over 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

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