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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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Enable iProject to have an associated JOBD.

I have a number of ongoing iProjects and generally each projects requires it's own attributes when submitting for compilation or when executing. It would be greatly beneficial if I could specify an IBMi jobd where RDi could get attributes from bef...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

CLOB columns not showing in RSE>Show in Table>Data

I see that RSE>Show in Table>Data fails as well. And I think you might be right about the CLOB.Feel free to open a PMR (or Case as it it called today) on this situation. (For internal folks, you can find the reproducing materials in library ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

Add procedure documentation to content assist

The documentation of a procedure should be displayed right next to the list of possible entries offered by content assist (ctrl+space) for the current code. Use Case: Procedure documentation may look like this: /** * \brief Create JSON Object * * ...
almost 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 10 Not under consideration

Create/Add Member Filter from Object Table

Add function to Object Table to select one or more results, right-click, and add the selection to a member filter. There is a similar function in a 3rd party plugin called iSphere that allows adding search results to a member filter, but, its for ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

Include additions & deletions to list of problems when using "Compare to file..."

When using the "Compare to file..." option the list of problems includes only things where there was something in the original source that were changed in the new source. If there is only something in the new source, it is not included in the list...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Future consideration

Merge facility should be provided in the file compare of RDp

My customer needs to constantly comparing files and merge them on a System i platform. These are currently done manually by copy and pasting on a greenscreen. I am trying to get them to use RDP for the job but they do not find it much faster manua...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

"Open Declaration" should actually open the declaration

When doing a "Open Declaration" on an externally defined procedure or field, RDi simply jumps to the line in the existing source where the procedure or field is imported. This is the easy way out and is not very helpful. Use Case: In the case of c...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Distingusihing between Members open for edit and for browse in LPEX editor

When multiple members are opened in the LPEX editor pane, some in edit mode, some in browse mode, you cannot tell at a glance which is which. You have to click on the tab and look for the BROWSE term in the edit area. The request is to have someth...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

RDi IBM i Search retain last Member filter

Rational Developer for i version 9.8 always defaults to a blank Member filter when doing an IBM i Search (CTRL-H => IBM i Search). This means the "*" has to be entered every time. This was a change from prior versions (like 9.6) which defaulted...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

Compare to file on "Open Member In Editor" screen

On the "Open Member In Editor" Screen, in addition to "Open for Edit" and "Open for browse", there should also be "Open for compare". This is opened via the default shortcut of CTRL-ALT-Q. Alternatively, it could have it's own window instead. This...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

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