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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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    Improvement of RDi Commands log and Joblog view

    RDi view Commands Log should become more readable by providing means to filter displayed text. Best would be to filter by program call level, and first and second level message text. The same should be provided for the Joblog View.Also it should b...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    SQL1103 in Error List for QTEMP tables

    On a compile, the Error List shows SQL1103 (Column definitions for table &1 in QTEMP not found) for QTEMP tables that don't exist in the RDi job. Those messages are irrelevant and can cause pertinent warnings to be missed. RDi should suppress ...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    Auto pull in binding directory and copy files for procedures

    As soon as you reference a procedure, the binding directory and copy file is auto included in the source. Use Case: If I started typing toUpperCase and I have not bound to my Textutils binding directory or included the copy file that we have the o...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

    Ability to Copy or Duplicate Record Formats in Screen/Report Designer

    In CODE/400's CODE DESIGNER it is possible to easily duplicate record formats with a few mouse clicks. In RDI's Screen/Report Designer this is not possible. Having to switch to the source view to copy and paste a record format isn't adequate nowad...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

    RPG Refactor Redundant Code

    It would be awesome to highlight a piece of code, find all instances of the highlighted pattern, and refactor all instances to a subroutine or a procedure. For example, the code below. I found three instances of this code in the same program. This...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

    Allow Copy operation with cursor in line number

    When marking text, but having the cursor in the line number area, CTRL-C (Copy) doesn't copy the selected text on the clipboard. This requires the cursor to be repositioned which is rather annoying. CTRL-C should work whenever the cursor is in the...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    Ctrl / behavior enhancement request

    I would like to request an enhancement to RDi for the Ctrl / and Ctrl \ key functions so that they either perform the "new" way which is consistent with Eclispe, or, the keystrokes perform as they did prior to the installation of Version: 9.6.0.12...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

    RDi <End> behavior

    <End> key should not consider white space when moving to the end of the line. This is especially troublesome when breaking a line up or cutting + pasting. Use Case: editing code
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

    Tooltip for CL-Variables in Debug-Mode

    In RPGLE the debugger is capable to show the contents of variables in a tooltip by selecting and hovering over its name. This functionality does not work for CLLE. Use Case: Any CLLE-program that needs to be debugged.
    over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

    Change "Open Member in Editor" dialog to open "Select a member" or file tree level matching where you click on "Browse..."

    In the "Open Member in Editor" dialog, you can specify everything from connection to library to file to member. If you don't know the library or file or member, you can browse for them. See "Open Member in Editor.png" attachment. But the browse di...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Future consideration

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