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Outline not showing modified marker on fields using assignment operators

Fields modified using (at least) += are not showing in the outline as being modified "line# (m)". Use Case: I have Live outline on. See sample images for references.
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Is a defect

Provide code formatting feature for code indentations.

Please add a code formatting feature that allows me to indent free code that has gotten out of hand. It would be nice to have a property option to specify the start point of indenting (main line or procedures, as left as possible, inside sub routi...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Keep original last update time in i Project

The member in i project in RDp has last update time set to the time when it was created. Client need to keep the original update time on system i. So after checking in source code into RTC then load it back to system i the last update time could r...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Support Simplified Chinese in RDp spool file view

RDp spooled files view function doesn't support Simplified Chinese, all Chinese characters shows garbled or blanks. While same file display correctly in green screen Use Case: User compile RPG source code contains Simplified Chinese then check the...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Show Check Marks on "Error List" Severity Display Selections

(This is primarily cosmetic.)When examining the Error List View, one can click "View Menu" > "Show Severity" and select which types of messages one chooses to view, toggling the display on or off for each of the five types listed. The "on" or "...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Provide Split Screen Capability for all iSeries file types in RDi

We currently do a large amount of SQL development on the iSeries via RDi 9.0 and split screen capability is not available for SQL source members defined with a file type of SQL (non-standard). There is no good standard file type that is available ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Not under consideration

Re-open an iProject

If the user closes an i Project (right click > close project) there is no way to re-open it. When the project is closed, it disappears from the iProject view and if the user tries to open it with the menu import > existing project into works...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

SQL CRUD Application Wizard for RPG

Implement a wizard that helps RPG develpers to integrate access and manipulation of data stored in Server Databases in their applications. The result is a code generator that creates a simple "Create, Read, Update, Delete" (CRUD) RPG service progr...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Connecting to IBMi by Single Sign On (SSO)

We would like to be able connect to IBMi by Single Sign On (SSO) , in RSE prospective you can't configure the host connection properties using Kerberos and EIM. The Ibm System i Navigator is able to do this. Use Case: Right clik on Host connection...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Color code LPEX tabs for different servers

When editing sources from multiple servers, color code the tabs of the source members (in the LPEX editor) to identify which server/connection the source belongs to. Use Case: It would be really useful when checking sources on different systems (e...
about 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

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