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RPG Docs (like Java Docs) in Content Assist

Java docs is incredible useful when writing java code in eclipse, specially when the associated documentation for a method is retrieved with the content assist pop up. There's no official documentation for rpg, but projects like ILE DOCS are very ...
almost 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 14 Delivered

Variable renaming

Automatic renaming of a variable, datastructure, subprocedure, and other relevant items in all of its appearances Use Case: User renames a variable using a refactoring option such as the one available for java code. The renaming marks all the vari...
almost 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Outline view: remove duplicate line line number references

When an RPGLE definition is referenced multiple times on the same line, the Outline view will repeat that line number as many times.For instance, it line 125 is: y= (x + 10) / x;The references for zone X will show 125 twice. x 125 125 This is espe...
almost 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Live Outline doesn't work with User-Associated Member Types

In RDP, you can associate a member type with a parser. Menu Option: Window > Preferences > LPEX Editor > Parsers > Parser Associations. These non-standard member/document types have been causing the Live Outline to return an error dial...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Outline: Don't Alphabetize Parameters

The ability to sort the contents of the outline alphabetically is really nice. The only part that doesn't make sense is alphabetizing procedure parameters. Since content assist does not show parameter descriptions (and I believe the RFE requesting...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Outline view not showing indicator usage in program defined output specs

There are indicators in my RPG ILE program that are used to condition output on program defined output specs. These indicator refereneces and not shown in the outline view. Use Case: To have a complete trace of the usage of indicators in a program.
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

Automatic Content assist should be available as a preference

In the early days of WDSC content assist was automatic as it is with most other tools based on Eclipse. That capability was removed and we now have to use Crtl/Space to activate. This makes sense for huge programs but not when working with small p...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Live Update of Content Assist

In RDP 8.5, we received live outline refresh, which is great. However for me, I always associated the outline with content assist. Except the content assist does not have visibility of the live outline data until a manual refresh is done I am told...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 14 Delivered

Outline does not show use of %KDS() DS name

In the outline I can see my QUALIFIED DS being referenced as a Key but it does not list the usage line. It does list the usage lines of the sub fields. Use Case: Since one cannot guarentee the location of the key used in the code to be right under...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

Test coverage in RDP for rpg and cl languages

Will RDP for i also get the test coverage feature for the rpg, cobol and cl languages that the aix version of the product for c and c++ is getting and that java already has"? Use Case: Need to be able to see lines of code executed. Would select so...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

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