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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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Add 'Mark Occurrences' functionality to additional source types

Add the 'Mark Occurrences' like that added for RPGLE in RDi 9.1.1 functionality to COBOL (CBLLE) and CL. Having this feature would give a big boost to productivity. Use Case: When maintaining a CL or COBOL program, turning on the Mark Occurrences ...
almost 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Change search error details to be RDi specific

When using the search function (flashlight button) in RDi, if the search entered is something like this: &amp then you'll get an error. The error details starts talking about CL and REXX variables. It does, at the end, say to wrap the value in...
almost 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Display Message File Constants in Screen Designer

Our team uses Rational Developer for a lot of RPG programming associated with display files and related text from multiple spoken languages (Spanish, English, French, etc). We would like Rational Developer's Screen Designer 'Preview' and 'Design' ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Displaying source file member text within the i Project

We would like the member description of source file members either alongside the actual source file member or available in a separate table as is available via RSE for objects on the iSeries. Use Case: We are using RDi in combination with SVN so o...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Filtering source files and source file members in the i Project

We would like to be able to filter on source files and source file members within the i Project. As RDi is supposed to be a replacement for PDM this is a loss of feature. Use Case: We are using RDi in combination with SVN so our aim is to remove s...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Find/Replace (CTRL-F) regular expressions in RDP (LPEX) should match the help text "regular expression patterns".

Using the regular expressions for find/replace in the LPEX editor on RDP is confusing. The help text clearly shows that the regular expression patterns should use the details described in the java.util.regex.Pattern javadoc but there are differenc...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

Exit points for LPEX and screen designer.

Add an exit point for LPEX and screen designer when they open and update a source member. Use Case: Develope a simple change management system.
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

RDI: Fields renamed in Input Specifications are not shown in outline

When renaming a field for a record format in the Input Specifications the reference to the field is not shown in the outline. Use Case: Fixed format Input Specifications: ImyFileRecI myField xx_MyField The reference to myField is not shown in the ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

The += method in RPG to increment a numeric field does not show up as an (M) in the outline view for the variable.

The += method in RPG to increment a numeric field does not show up as an (M) in the outline view for the variable. We've noticed in the Outline view, that if you use the newer method of using the += symbol in RPGLE to increment a numeric field, th...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Is a defect

Default Connection in RDi

When I use RDi I create connections to multiple LPARs. When I right-click on Objects and click Open Member, it would be nice to have the Connection default to the one I selected with the right-click and not the last one I used. Use Case: Open Remo...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

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