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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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    Display i Project member synchronization status.

    RDi should show the synchronization status of the files and members on the iProject view. An icon can show that a file or member has changed since the last time it was pushed. Currently, the only way to get a sync status is through the remote reco...
    about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

    Add ICF file definitions to RDi outline view for ILE RPG

    The "Outline view" in RDi currently allows an RPG developer to view the definitions for database objects. We would like the Outline view to also support the record formats contained in ICF files. Use Case: An RPG developer can currently see the re...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

    "Find" keyboard shortcuts operate on indeterminate window

    This applies to RDi version 8.0.3. (You might want to add "Release" as a Product identifier.) ;-) It appears that when using the "Find/Replace" function, using keyboard shortcuts causes RDi to operate inconsistently, sometimes on the active window...
    over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

    Add "Selected characters count" to task bar in LPEX editors

    When working on COBOL or even CLLE programs in the LPEX editor of RDp, it would be incredibly helpful when selecting text within the editor (highlighting it) to show the number of characters "selected" in the task bar (bottom line) of the editor. ...
    over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Not under consideration

    Show Nesting for Entire Program (Possibly with different colored lines?)

    When viewing a badly indented (or non FREE formatted) program, it is very helpful to see the nesting for the entire program, rather than just the currently selected block. Also, it would be helpful if the lines were different colors for DO stateme...
    over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Not under consideration

    RDi iProjects, Compile shortcut keys

    When I compile RPG in RDi I can do Ctrl+Shift+C to issue a compile (and if the currently selected source member isn't saved it will prompt to save). In iProjects I need to right click on the source member and select Remote Actions->Compile (RPG...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

    RDi iProjects, show Error List tab automatically after compile

    When compiling with RDi iProjects you need to do the following to retrieve the Error Listing tab: Right click on the job in the "Job Status" view and select Task Actions->Retrieve Errors. When compiling outside of iProjects it automatically bri...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

    RDI/RDP Copy/Paste like WDSC had for COBOL

    In WDSC we could copy/paste on a line and not have the editor cut our words when pasting and it hits column 7(Comment Column) or column 73. ? ?Look at examples below I want to comment out the second line of the IF statement so I copy the my Projec...
    over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

    lpex outline with many views

    RDP(Version: 8.5.1)Using the outline view in the lpex editor. Use Case: If I in RDP(Version: 8.5.1) use the outline view in a secondary view of the source code in the lpex editor and click on some line in it,it alvays position in the source code i...
    almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Is a defect

    Customer wants 'member filter' on i project navigator

    On i Series project navigator view, there are no function for filtering source members so that all members are listed.Customer has so many members and it takes time to find out the member that he wants.Remote system explorer has this function. Use...
    almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

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