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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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The Compare source doesn't compare the french caracter correctly

When comparing source having some french character like ? ? ? ? ? ... the result is not beautiful. Example : "?" is translate with "??" on the screen Use Case: Add french caracters to a source file and compare with an other one. The french caracte...
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Incorporate a keep alive feature for use in VPN environments.

The RDi would send an active ping to the connected host systems even when resources are not being synced between the client and the host. The keep alive (ping) would occur every 20 seconds. The reason for this is because statefull firewalls have a...
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

IBM i Search with multiple criteria

Under this menu path, Search - IBM i, it would be very helpful to include an option to add multiple search strings. Use Case: I need to search for a program where I referenced the DDR file and also used an HSSF service program. We might use the DD...
about 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

RPG comment *

RPG comments with * in position 7 are not being filtered view code. When you do filter view comment they show and when you do filter view code they show. When prompting on a comment line the line type is clearly identified as: Line type:Comment. U...
about 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Is a defect

Cursor Progression in FIND dialog is Different

RDP 9.1.The cursor progression in the "Find/Replace" dialog has changed from previous releases. After entering a search value, the <Tab> key moves focus to the first checkbox option ("Case sensitive") rather than to the "Next" button. (So, n...
about 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Is a defect

Add matching members to member lists, when member is opened.

When a member is opened, member filters that would include that member should either,* Automatically add that member,* Or, automatically refresh If the member filter does not currently include that member. Use Case: 1 .Create a member filter Libra...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

IBM Rational Developer for i Version 9.1.1 - Outline View Issues Remain

I received this from one of our developers.... I'm still running into some Outline View issues when in edit mode in the updated RDi. What I'm seeing happen is that when you have the Outline view set at a certain point, like a certain field name, o...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Automaticly push COPY members included in compiled program (COBOL)

We don't store our sources on AS400. We just push sources to AS400 only for compilation. And if we have program which is using COPY member, we are looking for feature, that this COPY member is pushed to AS400 also with compiled program. Use Case: ...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Compare and merge RPG programs by line

Need an option to merge code line by line instead of copying the whole block of new lines when merging code. Use Case: A single program could be modified for different requirements. Each requirement would be in different stages of testing. PDM 55 ...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Create a check for bogus job descriptions and removed libraries

When an incorrect job description or a library associated with a job description is removed from the IBM i LPAR, this error occurs with RDi/RDp or RTC/RDi/RDp shell shared: RCQP3615E: The following error occurred while loading artifacts from the r...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

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