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RPG comment *

RPG comments with * in position 7 are not being filtered view code. When you do filter view comment they show and when you do filter view code they show. When prompting on a comment line the line type is clearly identified as: Line type:Comment. U...
almost 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Is a defect

Cursor Progression in FIND dialog is Different

RDP 9.1.The cursor progression in the "Find/Replace" dialog has changed from previous releases. After entering a search value, the <Tab> key moves focus to the first checkbox option ("Case sensitive") rather than to the "Next" button. (So, n...
almost 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Is a defect

LPEX RPG Filter view code does not remove all comments

Using IBM Rational Developer for i Version 9.0.1, editing or view RPGLE code. "Filter view -> Comments" works correctly, showing only comments, but "Filter view -> Code" retains many comments, especially those with 'C' or 'c' in column six. ...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Is a defect

Automate Post operations of Image deployment or include with Image deployment process

I tried to deploy AIX images using PowerVC UI (in the Images tab, select image and Deploy), deployed a new LPAR successfully. But we need to perform few steps once the deployment is completed and LPAR is activated. a. Change the hostname/LPAR name...
over 10 years ago in PowerVC 2 Is a defect

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

Implicitly defined DS subfield appears in outline as Unknown(0)

I am able to have a subfield in a data structure that does not have a definition specified. The compiler determines the definition at compile-time based on other fields that overlay the field. However, the outline shows Unknown(0). Below is an exa...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Is a defect

TotalView Integration broken with PE1304 (linux)

Product or Service: Parallel Environment Runtime Edition for Linux on x86 Architecture 1.2.0 Component ID: 5725G0001 . Operating System: Linux . Problem title TotalView Integration broken with PE1304 . Problem description With PE1209 the following...
almost 11 years ago in Parallel Environment for Power Linux / Runtime Edition 3 Is a defect

Rational Developer for I version 9.0.1 freezes up

We have been using Rational Developer for Power Systems v 8.5 for quite a while. Using this IDE, we had little to no problems. Entering source code into the editor was smooth as well as scrolling, and updating the outline. (it practically never fr...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Is a defect

IBM RDi - Compare function to work with Subversion controlled source

When using the Rational Developer for i (RDi) compare tool to compare source controlled by Subversion, the latest (i.e. current) source being compared does not display line numbers, therefore the compare highlights every single line as different. ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Is a defect

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