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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories RDi (Rational Developer for i)
Created by Guest
Created on May 2, 2019

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Member on second display cannot be used when accessing RDi commands via menu

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I recently added a second monitor to my machine, to be able to utilize RDi more effectively. The second monitor is in portrait mode (picture a TV turned sideways).

I've been dragging source onto the second screen & then maximizing the screen, which allows me to see quite a bit of code.

Usually, I use keyboard-shortcuts (such as Control-Shift-V to verify, Control-Shift-C to compile).

However, today I was working with a module, and I wanted to access the Compile menu, to click on CRTRPGMOD.

When I did so, the source on the window on my first monitor was compiled. I figured that maybe I didn't have the source on the second screen in "focus". I tried again - either the Compile commands were all grayed out, or when they weren't grayed out, would compile the member shown on the first display.

When I dragged the source form the second screen back onto the main source area on the first screen, I was able to compile.

I contacted a speaker who talks about RDi frequently, describing my issue. The speaker tested it & experienced the same issue.

So I thought I'd submit an RFE to see if this could be looked into further.


Use Case:

Inconvenient to need to drag source back to main source area on first monitor in order to access commands (such as Compile) from the menu instead of keyboard shortcuts.


Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 20, 2020

    We have reviewed this requirement and we feel it would be a beneficial enhancement to the product. We hope to be able to add it to our development plans in the future.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 19, 2020

    Although the theme of this request is consistent with our business strategy, it is not committed to the release that is currently under development.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 17, 2020

    A preliminary evaluation of this request indicates that it is consistent with our business strategy. Further evaluation of this RFE is underway.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 6, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - Developer for Power Systems
    Component - RPG/COBOL Development Tools
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Application Development
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - None

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 6, 2020

    Hi Darryl,
    So what is going on here, is that when you click on the Compile Menu, you are transferring the window focus to your main RDi and away from your secondary window that your tore off. If you simply hit Ctrl-Shift-C or V, it would work fine.

    This is basically a function of how Windows operates.

    Edmund Reinhardt
    IBM

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 3, 2019

    I would like to add that the source file in RDI store the compile command parameters.

    I find when using the "run compile command without prompting" button it uses defaults not the last used compile command. This is important when you change compile parameters.

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