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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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Enhancement to Show Block Nesting for Else and When

Currently Else and When are ignored when Show Block Nesting is requested. Else and When could easily be shown also with a horizontal line connecting to the innermost vertical line. The horizontal line would (should) never need to go beyond the inn...
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

Filter RPG view by unused variables

At version 9.6 of RDi we can see which variables are not in use in various ways. Add to the "Filter view" context-menu option the ability to select "Unused" Use Case: With the current support I still need to scroll through a source member, looking...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Fix the Help system to use the information available

If I press F1 with an op-code highlighted in the editor (or even if it is not highlighted) it should show me the op-code in question - not a list that I have to scroll though. It works this way in fixed form - it is crazy that it doesn't in /Free....
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Additional information in outline/content assist

Include the optional, yet often-used, "name" space on the D-spec for prototyped parameters in the outline and content assist. Many programmers put descriptive names on those prototypes to identify the purpose of the parameter; carrying it into the...
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 9 Delivered

Hover : exclude comments from beeing shown on definitions

Actually the hover function shows comments that the editor thinks may be relevant to a definition. It picks up any comment lines immediately preceding the item being defined.It should be possible to stop that, for example by inserting one/two blan...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Compare enhancement: side-by-side with color

I have seen 2 different compares within RSE (Remote System Explorer). One of them is a side-by-side comparison and the other has color, but is not side-by-side. What I am requesting is both in the same compare, either similar to or exactly like th...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 9 Delivered

Replicate PDM compile submitted job naming

When a compile is submitted to batch in PDM, the job takes the name of the source member. When submitting a compile in RDi, the job uses the job description as the submitted job name. Use Case: Submit a compile in RDi and the job name should be th...
about 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered

Improve Spool File support within RDP/RSE

RDP includes basic Spool File support as a "technical preview". Please enhance this to provide similar or better functionality to that found within the (free) Softlanding RSE Extensions plug-in.Support for spooled print files and messages handling...
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Double-click include "*" for *blank/*off/*on

When you double-click on a source element in RPG when using IBM's Rational Developer for i, it normally knows what to highlight (variable, keyword, etc). With the special values of *blank, *off and *on, it highlights only the text and ignores the ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Kerberos authentication for RDp

We need to have support in the product for Kerberos Authentication Use Case: I have spoke with Farzi Pourmoetamed (farzi@ca.ibm.com) and he states that currently there is no support and we need to place a RFE.
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

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