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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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Please change the icon for Rational Developer for i (RDi)

Please change the icon for Rational Developer for i (RDi). The current one is horrible and looks like a fuzzy dark meaningless spot. When this icon was originally changed about 2 years ago I called support thinking there was a problem with my inst...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

Rational Developer for i Keepalive for Debug Server

For Debug Server started using the command STRDBGSVR the Keep Alive on its port (3825) is never sent.See case TS008748689 Use Case: We found that despite any value set on CHGTCPA TCPKEEPALV parameter the QB5ROUTER "debug server router function" se...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

RDI: show percentage of zoom in/out in the source

In RDI you can zoom in or out (change font size) in the source using ctrl+ and ctrl- I would like that the percentage is shown to the left of the maximize/minimize buttons in the LPEX editor.Maybe also the possibility to click on a "+" ot "-" to i...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

RDi show full qualified member name in member comparison

In a member comparison, only the member name is displayed in the title bar. Use Case: In the case of the same member names in different libraries or source members, it would be helpful which member is displayed on the left and right. Please show t...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Open /COPY member from outline

There are times when the outline is not everything from a copy member and I need to review the internals of that source. It would be nice to have an option to know the outline item is from a copy member and have the option to open that member. Use...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

RDI: Outline does not show data structure is modified by XML-INTO

Given the code xml-into query %xml(response : XMLoptions); In the outline the data structure query is shown referenced but not modified.I'm at RDI 9.6.0.9 Use Case: You can't see that the data structure query is modified by a xml-into statement. I...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Overlay exported procedures with a little icon to distinguish them from internal procedures

Please add an overlay to exported procedures in the "Outline" view. Distinguishing between exported from imported procedures would be much easier, if there were different icons for both types. Maybe you could also add an overlay to the local proce...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered

RDi : open include/copy from IFS

RDi is able to open the /include or /copy members only for physical source files : add the capacity to open /include from the IFS Use Case: Very usefull for ILE development.
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

Hover : exclude comments from beeing shown on definitions

Actually the hover function shows comments that the editor thinks may be relevant to a definition. It picks up any comment lines immediately preceding the item being defined.It should be possible to stop that, for example by inserting one/two blan...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

RDI Command popups do not appear on same monitor as RDI window.

I use two monitors while working at home, the main one is my laptop panel and the other is a widescreen monitor. I have to travel into the office sometimes where the setup is different so the main screen reverts from the laptop to one of the two m...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

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