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Make RDi available for Mac

Can we make RDi RPG/COBOL development tools available for MAC OSX? I understand that in the past the delay was due to the lack of verifier routines to run on OSX, but even a version without these would allow Mac users to use the tool to gain busin...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

Provide error handler for secondary thread of multi-threaded job

When a multi-threaded job encounters an unhandled exception, the system should be able to gracefully handle the error with the standard *INQ message to *EXT or QSYSOPR. Background When an unhandled exception occurs in the secondary thread of a mul...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 3 Not under consideration

RDi Support for 5250 Advanced Function Display Data Stream (AFDDS)

Enhance Rational Developer for i to support new 5250 AFDDS capability (see related RFEs). Enhance the RDi Screen Designer to generate and maintain DDS containing AFDDS keywords. This would enable IBM i programmers to upgrade their "green screen" s...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Not under consideration

Enable Job Description to be defined on Printer Device Description

When a print writer is started there is no option to specify a job description. There are three supplied job descriptions:QSPLPRTW - used for all local and LAN Writers QSPLAFPW - used for local and LAN writers for IPDS printers configured with AFP...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Print 4 Future consideration

Merge tool for LPEX editor

Extend the LPEX editor to have diff and merge capabilities. Use Case: * Select two source members, and see within the editor where those two versions differ.* Apply changes from one member to another.
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

Collapse the Find String results in RDI with Ctrl -

When doing Find String in RDI and get a lot of results, everything is expanded. In order to highlight and do another Find String on them I have to manually collapse all of them. Would be nice if Ctrl - could Collapse and Ctrl + would expand them. ...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

DataStructure Subfield Access By Variable Property

Add new syntax to RPG for accessing subfields. RPG limits access to qualified data structure subfields to hard-coded names with dot notation. New syntax should be like Javascript property notation dataStruct['literal_name'] or var fld = 'userName'...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Consistent use of Run actions CTRL+F11

Please make the actions of CTRL+F11 (Start a Run Configuration) ALWAYS prompt for the configuration to start. Seen in RDi 9.1.1.1. Use Case: When using CTRL+F11 to initiate a Run Configuration and LPEX is open and in focus a dialog appears requiri...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

Make Database Development Log on follow RSE connection standards

In RSE you can save your password. If later your profile password changes RSE tells you the password its attempting to use is not the same as the one on the server. Please make the connection feature for the Database Development / Debug adhere to ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

Source members and IFS files in the same RSE filter.

Source members and IFS files in the same RSE filter. Use Case: My CGI applications (in my case with Strategi by ABL) is composed by IBM i objects and IFS files (HTML, HSM, CSS, JavaScript), so I would like see all these types in the same filter.
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Not under consideration

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