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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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Handling tiny mistakes on commands while pressing F4 in CLP Programs.

After using content assist (F4) on commands for CL in Rational we experienced various problems concerning missing blanks. The IDE should be capable of handling mistakes up to a certain range, e.g. detecting and filling missing blanks/brackets. Exa...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Support Content Assist on control flow structure DOWHILE

It would be a huge improvement to be able to use Ctrl+Blank (content assist) for Control Flow Structureslike DOWHILE and maybe others in CLP. Use Case: In CLP we only can get a list of partial completed command templates, single CLP control elemen...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Not under consideration

RDi 9.1 - Outline View Collapses

For the new RDi 9.1 that we just downloaded and installed ...... Outline View: when we have the Outline view opened up and accessing any of the information inside of it, when I click back in the program source text editor, the Outline view will 'c...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Is a defect

Export/Import Remote AIX COBOL project

We would like to be able to export/import Remote AIX/COBOL projects from a workspace to another.For the time being, we can only import them as synchronised AIX COBOL projects once they have been exported Use Case: Remote AIX COBOL Project ExportIm...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Remote Actions - Auto-feedback about a compilation when using "i Projects Navigator"

Currently there is no visible feedback about a manual compilation using the "remote actions" in the "i Projects Navigator".In the "job status"-view, every job gets the status "*OUTQ" or "Job Ended" without a return code. The used needs to query fo...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Remote Actions - direct compilation of RPG-sources based on the chosen language definition

Using the "i Projects Navigator", it is possible to push and compile RPG sources into a library on the iSeries using the "remote actions".However, the user needs to choose between for instance "create module" and "create program". It would be grea...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Maintain *BNDDIR-objects using the "i Projects Navigator"

Currently there is no support to maintain *BNDDIR -objects in RDi.There is a plugin available (iSphere) which allows maintenance of these objects using the "Remote Systems View", but it would be nice to natively support this in RDi from within the...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Allow 'Position To' Logic in the Object List Pane

When displaying the object list pane, specifically, a member list for a source file, there is no way to position to. Using the standard entry of a value in the member name field, this does not position to, but changes the name of the member. NOT G...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

IBM RDi - Compare function to work with Subversion controlled source

When using the Rational Developer for i (RDi) compare tool to compare source controlled by Subversion, the latest (i.e. current) source being compared does not display line numbers, therefore the compare highlights every single line as different. ...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Is a defect

RDi Enhancement for RPG Test Driven Development

I suggest that as a RPG developer enters a subprocedure interface (PI) that tests for the subprocedure are automatically added by the editor to a source member of tests per use case example Use Case: 1. programmer adds PI for addCustomer(firstname...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

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