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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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RDi "BYOE" (Bring-Your-Own-Eclipse) Edition

The idea is, to have RDi as an BYOE (Bring-Your-Own-Eclipse) install, which can be integrated into any existing Eclipse installation (even under Linux). This way, RDi would open up to more developers, especially to developers running Eclipse on Li...
11 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

Rdi Debug Step Over enhancement - Exec SQL statements

Currently when debugging RPG code with RDi in *SOURCE view, Step Into and Step Over will have to be pressed an unknown number of times to clear a single Exec SQL Statement. This is because the SQL Precompiler replaces Exec SQL Statements with mult...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Future consideration

Teach "Refactor | Rename to use file ALIAS" about variable scoping

I had occasion to use this refactor function today and it surprised me. I have used it before with much success. I had a file declared globally that contained a field FIELD1 (we'll say). I also had an externally described data structure in a sub-p...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Under review

simplify the procedure to install the license key

the procedure to install the license key is awfully complicated and error prone and requested tech support which superseded the instructions that are poor and incomplete.
9 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

LPEX Bracket matching

When editing sources which have expressions that contain multiple brackets it is often difficult to see which open and closing brackets match. Most other editors highlight the pair of matching brackets while navigating in the source, please provid...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Show SQL referenced items in Outline View

Tables, views, and columns referenced in embedded SQL do not appear in the Outline View. Use Case: **free ctl-opt dftactgrp(*no); dcl-s table char(10);dcl-s lib char(10);dcl-s text char(50); // table exists on every systemexec sql declare pgmr_own...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

RDI: Content assist can not show fields in data structures with more than 2 levels

In RDI you can normally use content assistent ( ctrl+space) to select a field from a list of fields. This works ok for data structures with 2 levels but if you have 3 or more it doesn't work. Example:dcl-ds myDS1 qualified; field1 like(myField1); ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

Add the ability to create/save/and use Library Lists

Users of RDi generally work on more than one product need an easier way to manipulate the Library List. While adding a new Library List view will help, users want the ability to create, save, and use those library lists. This will speed productivi...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Future consideration

Allow seamless Git integration with RDi

Make Git adoption in RDi seamless for RPG developers. RDi currently has iProjects which can be used to adopt Git, but iProjects operate on the premise of offline editing. Not all RPG developers are going to be editing offline. Use Case: Focus on a...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Future consideration

Include SQL Cross Reference in RPG Outline View

We feel as though the Outline view in RDi 9.5 should be enhanced and improved with respect to how it handles embedded SQL. The outline view only shows the files defined via RPG file declarations. Only references to RPG variables within the embedde...
almost 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Future consideration

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