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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories RDi (Rational Developer for i)
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 10, 2020

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Outline View Artifacts from /INCLUDEs

In the LPEX editor (specifically for RPG) the outline view shows artifacts from include files. While I can understand that this may be desirable behavior some of the time, it is very annoying when developing a module that has includes for many other modules.

I would like the option to hide artifacts that don't exist in the source code being viewed/edited.

Additionally, it would be awesome if there was a way to set compiler directives to show/exclude artifacts that will not be included in the compiled object based on the list of defined conditions.


Use Case:

Create source code for a module that has several includes for other modules and/or copy members. The Data Structures, Fields, Constants, Prototypes, Procedures, etc that exist in those other modules are shown in the Outline view.


Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 22, 2021

    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 - WebSphere
    Product family - Application Platform
    Product - Rational Application Developer
    Component - Other
    Operating system - Windows
    Source - None

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 9, 2021

    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
    |     Oct 22, 2020

    That's not what I'm asking for. I don't need to see all the "defined" data artifacts (fields, constants, etc) in the outline view. When I'm editing source code, in the outline view I only need/want to see the artifacts that are defined w/in the source code I'm editing. My code frequently has multiple includes for copy members with data definitions for other modules I will be binding, and seeing all the data artifacts defined in them is confusing and rather pointless. For example, the attachment I just uploaded is the outline view for a program that does not define a single data structure, yet I'd never know that from view.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 22, 2020

    Attachment (Description): Outline View of Data Structures

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  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 21, 2020

    In RDi, you can set a compiler directive using -> Preferences -> Defines -> [New…] Define condition names.

    This will allow you to view the source with the conditioned defines.

    We also would like to know if the reason for NOT including the /copy or /includes is to avoid un-used annotations.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 13, 2020

    You can set define conditions for the /IF DEFINED directives. In Preferences, navigate Remote Systems > IBM i > Program Verifiers > ILE RPG > Defines.

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