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IBM i

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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...
almost 10 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: ...
almost 10 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 ...
about 10 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 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Create an compile menus with Rational

The Problem in the Rational Developer for i is the missing opportunity to compile menus. In the 5250 Terminal Emulation you can use STRSDA (Screen Design Aid) to create and compile menus. There you have prepared lines to ll in the menu-options yo...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

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

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