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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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Rational Developer for i DDS Design with REFFLD & adjustment value

When using the Rational Developer for i DDS Design tool for a display file, the Design tab does not display the field(s) correctly when using a REFFLD that also has a size adjustment. Use Case: Open an existing display file source or create a new ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Where am I in?

Since the notion of position (procedure/routine) is very important implementing it using CTRL + SHIFT + O (and CTRL + F5 to remove) is not satisfactory especially because it's not available during a search (i.e. CTRL + F). A better solution would ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

DNB Lithuania

test Use Case: Maas
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

Show help for the version of the compiler in use.

It would save some time if the help were shown for the version of the compiler I with which I am concerned at the monment. I can find no setting for this in the preferences. I am coding on a 6.1 machine, but when I press help I get the help for th...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

Decorate all excluded source when excluding source.

When source code is omitted due to conditional compilation directives (/if defined()), the area in columns 1-5 are now colored (decorated). Only the non-blank lines are colored and it is VERY distracting. In the preferences for the parser style fo...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Content Assist should also suggest typed procedures.

When declaring a variable using D-specs with the like() or likeds() keyword, procedures with return values should be offered as suggestions for the like() or likeds(). Use Case: When declaring a variable using D-specs with the like() or likeds() k...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Determine combined size of selected fields

When you are making overlaid fields within a DS you often need to create a master field to contain all the overlain fields and that needs to be of at least a certain size. It would be nice if we could have the editor combine the size of all fields...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Add Break on Variable Changed to RDi Debug

In other IDE's that I have worked with, I have the ability to watch a variable, and break when its value changes during debug. In RDi I can only set a break point on a specific line and set conditions on when execution stops there. Both are useful...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Block Paste without realigning code

There is a capability in RDI to do a select on a block of code(Alt+R). There is a need for the capability to do a block paste at the selected target that is basically a block replace/overlay or insert without re-aligning the copied block to other ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Rational Developer for i Backspace & Paste behavior in Replace mode

While in Replace mode(Insert key toggle in US) editing a source member, using the Paste function shifts characters following the block to the right while the expected behavior would be to replace a corresponding volume of characters. While in Inse...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

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