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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...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Maintain *MSGF-objects using the "i Projects Navigator"

Currently there is no support to maintain *MSGF-objects in RDi.There is a plugin available (iSphere) which allows maintenance of these objects using the "Remote Systems View", but it would be nice to natively support this in RDi from within the "i...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Remote Actions - direct compilation of RPG-sources based on the chosen language definition

Using the "i Projects Navigator", it is possible to push and compile RPG sources into a library on the iSeries using the "remote actions".However, the user needs to choose between for instance "create module" and "create program". It would be grea...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

VisualAge for RPG

Allow users to import VisualAge for RPG projects & build .Windows applicaitons - or Java applications within RDi Use Case: Lots of home-grown software written on VisualAge for RPG. Because they were designed from the ground up (and not convert...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Screen Designer: Support for SNGCHCFLD and other ENPTUI

Alter the operation of a field definition (perhaps via the Properties window) so that one may choose a DDS keyword before defining other properties of the field, rather than the other way around, as it is now. For example, if I want to define a si...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Enable drag/drop field text in Screen Designer

Enable ability to drag and drop field text from Field Table to screen in design mode. Use Case: DDS DesignDesign tabDisplay file creationPrinter file creation
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Display paired parentheses in different colors in SQL Where clauses and RPG Do and If statements

Enahancing the RDi editor to display paired parentheses in different colors would enable the programmer to visually see the construct of complex AND and OR clauses in SQL WHERE and RPG IF and DO statements. Use Case: See attachment
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Not under consideration

HSM LAN FREE Backup

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1115062925User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1115062925Title: HSM LAN FREE BackupSubmitted By: Amy L Wilder/Philadelphia/IBMOriginators Area: EASTFPOC: Glenn Wilcock/Tucson/IBM Submitted Date: 11/15/2006Due D...
almost 11 years ago in AIX 3 Not under consideration

IBM I object library to be sent to InfoSphere Guardium iStap agent

On IBM I architecture object libraries (read schemas) have a very important role as they represent logical partitions of files (read table).To date, iStap traffic has no information about the object library entry.To get object library entry associ...
almost 11 years ago in Parallel Environment for Power Linux / Developer Edition 4 Not under consideration

Allow copy of fields in Field Table or Create option to insert list of fields in code

Where its native RLA or SQL program code, it would be nice to either select one or all fields from the Field Table view to insert into the code or have option off the right-click menu to insert a files field list into the code (names only). Use Ca...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

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