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Refactoring History is missing on consecutive opening of the existing i Project properties view

In RDPi under i Project perspective the Refactoring History displaying when first time opened but missing from consecutive display of properties. When first time start the RDPi (RBD & RDPi Version 8.x) is first time launched (started) then sel...
about 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Is a defect

Preserve previous search/filter parameters

When I search / filter using dates, especially when using between dates, I have to re-type the same values for each member. Use Case: .
about 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Open more than one RSE server per connection

Open more than one RSE server per connection. Use Case: We would like to see the option to open more than one RSE server per connection.
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

From Data perspective in RDPi a new View for displaying all triggers under a specific Schema (Library)

In System i navigator after connecting to a specific system and then expanding the Schemas and after then expanding a particular Schema (Library) an option is available called Triggers. Selecting (clicking) on the Triggers option display all the a...
about 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

RSE Server submit job time is when the user login in to As/400 and not when the RSE actually started

When starting a RSE Server using the STRRSESVR NAME(<connection name>) command, a job is created and displayed on the green screen.Viewing the same job submit time in the "Job Status" view in RDP will show the time when the user logged in to...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Enhanced Compare Selection Interface

The ability to show a comparison between two or three members is a very handy feature but the ability to select the member to compare to is cumbersome/time consuming. To select the member, either you have to have the library in the list or specify...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Newer version of the binaries for the zip/unzip utility added to aixtoolkit site

Customer request newer version of the open-source zip/unzip utility support and request to have an RFE submitted to get the binary updated.to the aix toolkit website.Please don?t close the case until you submit the RFE. Use Case: Newer version of ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

Add window-split preference / toggling

It would be nice if there were an editor Preference by which one could specify a default type of window split (vertical or horizontal) when <Ctrl>-2 is pressed. Alternatively, a mechanism to automatically split a window as performed by the l...
almost 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 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 ability to reset all lines with current date

SEU has the option to change all the lines in the source to the current date. This is not possible with RDp.This is under SEU F13 which is Edit Session Enviornment/Change session defaults. There is an option to Set all existing records to a specif...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration