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IBM i

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When inserting RPGLE blank line, Tab key should use free-form tabs

RDi 9.1: When a blank line is inserted after a blank line (by pressing Enter), the Tab key is using tab stops at every tenth column (where did these come from?), instead of my free-form tab stops (every 3 columns). Since most of the code I write i...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

RDi 9.0.1 Outline View - "Output" section

Would like to have a section added to the outline tree (i.e. "Output Section") so user can jump directly to Output specs in LPex. Also could add the Output fields to the "Fields" section (i.e. "line# (O)) to identify that the field is in the Outpu...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Fix Pack and Release auto detection from within Eclipse IDE

Eclipse has the feature to auto detect patches within various components, yet for the IBM components we are left to fire up IBM Installation Manager to detect this. While I can understand this from an installation point of view, simply knowing tha...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Add new PSDS sub fields to V7.2

A V7.3 PTF was released that: Add two new subfields to the Program Status Data Structure: - Internal job ID (positions 380-395) - System name (positions 396 - 403) (APAR SE70375 ) Use Case: we maintain both V7.3 and V7.2 systems.programs are devel...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Delivered

Retain Error List Highlighting

Allow highlighted lines in the "Error List" to remain highlighted when the user focuses on another window (e.g. the LPEX editor). Currently, lines in the Error List which are highlighted retain their highlighting even though the list may be sorted...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Cluster Administrative Domain (CAD) Needs to Support IBMi QSYSUPWD API

(I am submitting this RFE on behalf of customer who submitted a suggestion via Medallia Offering Manager survey. ) I rated Power HA for i compatibility with other products a 5 because of the known incompatibility between Cluster Adminstrative Doma...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 3 Delivered

Stop "DBGP0004E Program terminated." dialog box from appearing

This dialog for the message "DBGP0004E Program terminated." is very annoying having appear EVERYTIME a program in debug ends. Please stop showing or have an option to stop having it appear. Use Case: For those of us that use more than one monitor ...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

The detailed description of a source member is not easily visible from the iProject view

The detailed description of a source member is not easily visible from the iProject view.To view the description of a member loaded on an iProject, it is necessary to select the member, right click with the mouse, select Properties then choose i M...
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Activation of Compile menu also on iProject view when a source member is opened

Working with RDp 8.0 we noticed that editing a source member from the Remote Explorer view, the Compile menu becomes active on the menu title bar, while opening a source member from the iProject view, the menu is not active and the only way to cal...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

A "Last used" column in the Object Table

As the "Last modified" column Use Case: To easily order by "last used" date
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered