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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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Retrieve values from existing objects

Create or modify objects requires you to specify parameters (i.e. Activation Group, Form Size, Orientation, Size, Reuse Delete records and so on). These parameters may be retrieved from the existing object and prompted. A possible list of object c...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

RDi default cursor mode

Default to insert mode, or at least give me the option to pick insert instead of overwrite. Every time I open a source file I have to change to insert mode. Use Case: editing code
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Double-Click or blockMarkWord select differently

Double clicking or using the action "blockMarkWord" selects differenty depending on the source specification location. Keywords defined for the d-spec areas select the quote characters where as c-spec functions do not. Use Case: Key any keyword or...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Not under consideration

Ctrl+W not functional in RPG Indentaion View

RPG Indentation view acts like a read only view of the LPEX editor which is very nice. One feature you get is the LPEX find. When I find and select (as I al most always do) to Find All, I can see a condensed view of the source (like I expect). Whe...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

RDi 9.0.1 LPEX Editor - Outline View indicator tree

The indicator tree is a very useful feature. However, we have found that not only does it show indicators from the RPG program, it also shows indicators from the associated DDS (display files and report files) from the F-specs. This is not necessa...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

RDi 9.0.1 Table View - navigation

When clicking in the Table View area, we must be extremely careful not to accidentally change a source member name. We are used to positioning, like in the Remote Systems tree view (and Windows Explorer), by typing a few characters of the member w...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Support Content Assist on CLP control flow structure IF–THEN–ELSE.

It would be very helpful to be able to use content assist with CTRL+SPACE for complex structures like IF?THEN?ELSE for CLP inside Rational Developer for i. Eclipse uses this feature natively in Java and other languages. Programmers who are experie...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

VisualAge for RPG

Allow users to import VisualAge for RPG projects & build .Windows applicaitons - or Java applications within RDi Use Case: Lots of home-grown software written on VisualAge for RPG. Because they were designed from the ground up (and not convert...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Cursor positioning

I am using version RDI 9.0.1. When a verification or compile are requested, and the Error List tab opens, you can click on the error and the cursor is positioned at that line. When you press arrow down, the cursor skips the lines added by the Erro...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Provide code formatting feature for code indentations.

Please add a code formatting feature that allows me to indent free code that has gotten out of hand. It would be nice to have a property option to specify the start point of indenting (main line or procedures, as left as possible, inside sub routi...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

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