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We have evaluated this request and determined that it cannot be implemented at this time.
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.
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
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Rational
Product family - Design & development
Product - Developer for Power Systems
This RFE will be under consideration for a future release. Status has been updated to Uncommitted Candidate.
This RFE is consistent with our strategy and product roadmap and IBM is continuing to evaluate.
Thanks for the info, but as you mentioned will be nice to see it part of the IBM official supported actions and commands within RDPi.
This already exists as a sample extension for Lpex that is included with RP Power. Maybe IBM could make it part of the officail supported actions and commands.
You can create the action , the command or both. An action can be associated to a key shortcut.
To create the action :
In preferences go to Lpex --> User actions
In the class drop down select com.ibm.lpex.samples.SetDateAction
The action name will be set to setDate but you can change it if you want.
Click the Set button
You can then associate it to a shortcut in Lepx --> User Key actions
Enter a shortcut such as a-c-d for Ctrl-Shift-D
Type the name of the command you just created (it won't be in the dropdown). Case matters.
Click the Set button.
To create the command :
In preferences go to Lpex --> User commands
In the class drop down select com.ibm.lpex.samples.SetDateAction$SetDate
The command name will be set to setDate but you can change it if you want.
Click the Set button
To use:
Select the lines you want to change (for instance ctrl-a for all lines).
If you created the action, you can press its shortcut.
To execute the command: press the Escape key to go to the Lpex command line and type the command name (ex setDate).
In either case, you will get a prompt to enter the desired date (with the current date as the default).
If you use the command, you can type the date after the command to avoid the prompt.