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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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    Preference to not update ILE RPG model on every keystroke

    Add a preference to only update the ILE RPG model that drives the outline view, hovers, etc when the Refresh action is done (or when the cursor leaves the line) and not on every keystroke. Use Case: I am editing a large ILE RPG member and I don't ...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Future consideration

    Import existing user defined options into PDM perspective

    We are relatively new to RDi and have a lot of user defined options coded for the green screen version of PDM. RDi does have a PDM perspective but there is no way to bring in the pre-existing options already defined in the green screen PDM. Need t...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    Outline - Show Declared DISK Files' Defined Usage

    In the Outline view of RDi, within Global Definitions then Files, there is a list of all declared files in the program. It would be extremely useful to display a DISK file's defined usage, so we can easily see all *update/*output/*delete/etc. capa...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    In REPLACE mode, the RDI editor should overwrite existing text when pasting

    In replace mode, any typed text overwrites existing text, including whitespace. Executing a "paste" operation, however, moves all existing text after the current insertion point, unless you preselect exactly the text you'd like to replace. Use Cas...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Future consideration

    RDi 9.6 - Show Object Description in Remote Systems Pane.

    I am using RDi 9.6. When Viewing object n Remote Systems Explorer you can only see the object and its type in the pane. It would be greatly beneficial to have the object description to show as well. Use Case: When working on a project and you are ...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Future consideration

    Adopt a more frequent release schedule

    Currently the use of unrecognized keywords interrupts the outline and ctrl + space functionality. The last example is related to the keywords %UPPER and %LOWER.Adopting a frequent release of updates related to new keywords would help a lot. Use Ca...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    Reduce the referenced fields in RPG's outline view

    RPG's outline view lists as referenced the fields (or data structures) used in LIKE or LIKEDS. Would be useful having an option to filter this type of references since, usually, are not needed. The benefit of this change becomes very apparent when...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

    Add the possibility to define user-variables for templates (e.g. User-Name, Department, aso) as it is possible for Snippets!

    We are using snippets for creating new source-members. We want to replace them by templates. If we can define our own variables for the instance of RDi, we can automate the creation of source-members. We think that would be helpfull for a lot of c...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    Restore integrated execution of sql

    with 9.8, you have to open your code separately in iACS RSS rather than just <F5> to execute the sql with RDi RSE
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    Export LPEX Outline View

    The content of the LPEX Outline view should be exportable. It would be a great basis for application documentation—even better if the context help for procedures/fields/constants would be included. JSON or XML would be fine maybe also a readable f...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Future consideration

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