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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...
about 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

Allow a different editor to be associated with member via Window/Preferences/General/Editors/File Associations

I have added "Screen Designer" as the default associated editor for *.dspf file type. But when I double-click the DSPF I get the plain LPEX editor. Use Case: Open the correct default associated editor when double-clicking the *.dspf member.
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Swagger.json contains _LENGTH fields that are not returned

The swagger.json that is generated includes _LENGTH fields that do not get returned. Use Case: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><example_getCodesResult> <response> <Codes_LENGTH>0</Codes_LENGTH> <Codes> ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Delivered

RDI: Not all record formats specified with include are shown in outline

When specifying include for more than 1 recordformat in the F-specifications only the first record format is shown. For example the logical file MyFileL1 has the record formats MyFileR1,MyFileR2 and MyFileR3. If you have this specification:FMyFile...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

RDi search should include PF38-SRC as well as PF-SRC.

RDi search should include PF38-SRC as well as PF-SRC. Since we migrated from a System/38 to AS/400 (and now are on IBM i) many of our source files still have an object attribute of PF38-SRC. This really is no disadvantage except that doing an "IBM...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Shortcut keys on ACS Inquiry Message MSGSY1010

When the message prompt appears for password expiration, there are no shortcut keys available. The only ways to clear the message are to use the tab or mouse to select the Yes/No button as appropriate. Please provide short cut keys similar to Acce...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Delivered

Passthru validation for ssl certificates in integrated web services client for i

I am using the Axis Transport API within my RPG Program.In a test scenario i am playing with a webserver with an installed certificate, however the certificate is not in the cert store on our system i.So I get an error when when I am trying to flu...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Delivered

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