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Support Content Assist on control flow structure DOWHILE

It would be a huge improvement to be able to use Ctrl+Blank (content assist) for Control Flow Structureslike DOWHILE and maybe others in CLP. Use Case: In CLP we only can get a list of partial completed command templates, single CLP control elemen...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Not under consideration

The += method in RPG to increment a numeric field does not show up as an (M) in the outline view for the variable.

The += method in RPG to increment a numeric field does not show up as an (M) in the outline view for the variable. We've noticed in the Outline view, that if you use the newer method of using the += symbol in RPGLE to increment a numeric field, th...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Is a defect

RDi 9.1 - Outline View Collapses

For the new RDi 9.1 that we just downloaded and installed ...... Outline View: when we have the Outline view opened up and accessing any of the information inside of it, when I click back in the program source text editor, the Outline view will 'c...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Is a defect

Export/Import Remote AIX COBOL project

We would like to be able to export/import Remote AIX/COBOL projects from a workspace to another.For the time being, we can only import them as synchronised AIX COBOL projects once they have been exported Use Case: Remote AIX COBOL Project ExportIm...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Allow different LPEX color schemes for printing source versus editing source

Allow user to select different LPEX color schemes for editing versus printing. Use Case: If the user selects the black LPEX color scheme for editing, printed sources also have the black color scheme, which is hard or impossible to read on paper an...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Add Hyperlink directly to external stored procedure source

I have a call to an external procedure and I'd like to browse the code.So I pressed CONTROL and hoovered the cursor over the procedure whichchanged the external procedure into a hyperlink. I then pressed ENTER.This took me to the copy statement fo...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

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

Currently there is no support to maintain *BNDDIR -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...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

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...
over 10 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...
over 10 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...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration