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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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RDI: Outline should show length and number of decimals for fields defined with REFFLD()

When editing DSPF, PRTF and Physical files where the field is defined using the REFFLD keyword, the outline just shows the field that is used in the REFFLD keyword. It would be a great help if it could show the length and number of decimals of the...
2 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

Show Current DSPF or PRTF Record Format In Editor

When working with a source file for a DSPF or PRTF, based on the cursor position, display the current record format in the editor. This would be similar to the option for ILE RPG, "Show current procedure or subroutine in editor" (location: Window&...
3 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

Show tables and columns used in embedded SQL statements in structure view

The structure view displays in an extremely complete way all the uses of files, formats and zones by the native instructions (dcl-f, read, update ...). On the other hand, all the files and zones used by static SQL statements do not appear, which ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

Bring back and improve Snippets in RDi

The Snippets view has been removed from RDi since version 9.8. Also the export, export for automatic distribution and import of Snippets was removed. Please bring back Snippets and improve them by adding "light scripting" or at least conditional c...
18 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Submitted

Import existing user defined options into PDM perspective

We are relatively new to RDi and have a lot of user defined options coded for the green screen version of PDM. RDi does have a PDM perspective but there is no way to bring in the pre-existing options already defined in the green screen PDM. Need t...
9 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

Improve the Reconnect process for RDi

When working remotely for the past 2 years I connect to our corporate network via VPN prior to opening RDi. Everything works fine in RDi until my VPN connection drops. At this point RDi still shows as connected. When I reconnect the VPN and try to...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

Add the ability to collaspe or expand ILE RPG code sections in RDi.

In other code editors such as PyCharm from JetBrains, sections of code that are considered blocks can be expanded or collasped as needed. In totally free form RPGLE it would be great if we could do the same. We should be able to collaspe sections ...
18 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

Update RDi Eclipse to more current versions.

The version of Eclipse that RDi and it's family of products uses is now way out of date. Neon is gone and yet our version of eclipse for RDi is from 2017. It's time to allow us to install Eclipse on our own, and then install RDi as a plugin. This ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 10 Future consideration

Please change the icon for Rational Developer for i (RDi)

Please change the icon for Rational Developer for i (RDi). The current one is horrible and looks like a fuzzy dark meaningless spot. When this icon was originally changed about 2 years ago I called support thinking there was a problem with my inst...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

Reduce the referenced fields in RPG's outline view

RPG's outline view lists as referenced the fields (or data structures) used in LIKE or LIKEDS. Would be useful having an option to filter this type of references since, usually, are not needed. The benefit of this change becomes very apparent when...
3 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration