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add the button Backout counter to the mq web console 9.2 very useful for the client to unlock the queue

is it possible to add the button Backout counter to the mq web console 9.2 like this: Increase BO counter +/-5 and Decrease BO counter+/-5? our client is asking for it. for now, the only option is to change the default value. but in case of blocke...
over 1 year ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 2 Not under consideration

Industry standard issue tracker for Rational Developer

Rational Developer (for i, z) is a great tool, and like all similar applications, RDi continually has a host of minor defects and possible enhancements. Opening an APAR with IBM for this sort of thing is overly complex and an antiquated sort of us...
over 2 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 5 Not under consideration

Allow remote source when debugging in RDi

Provide the ability for a system definition in RDi to reference another system for source code. A possible implementation would be to associate a debug configuration with a system definition.
almost 3 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 0 Future consideration

RDi - add proc interfaces to editor's filter view

Add proc interfaces to available filter views in the editor. Currently, the filter views are date, code, comments, control, procs, etc. When procs are chosen the dcl-proc and end-proc statements in RPGLE are shown. Add a view for proc interfaces t...
almost 3 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 1 Future consideration

RDi - Change position to proc in editor using outline

When using the RDi outline to choose a proc, the proc is always positioned halfway down the screen. I request a change to position to the last line of code prior to the proc as the first line in the editor. Position to the last line of actual code...
almost 3 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 0 Future consideration

Add text formatting capability (eg. font sizing, bolding, highlighting) to the editor.

Add to code readability and code comments for documentation purposes and emphasize important lines or blocks of code.
over 2 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 0 Future consideration

Data structure constant dimension used with SQL statements

Allow constants to be used for dimension size on data structures that are used in SQL queries. It currently works fine if it's not used with SQL statements.
over 4 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 1 Future consideration

Weak Hash Algorithm SHA 1 used (CFF Explorer) Signature Check

RAD 9.6.1 use SHA-1 as the hashing algorithm and SHA-1 is a legacy cryptographic hashing algorithm that is no longer deemed secure. Using the SHA-1 hashing algorithm in digital certificates could allow an attacker to spoof content, perform phishin...
about 1 year ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 0 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...
over 2 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 0 Future consideration

RAD version that supports JDK11 for runtime analysis

since we are evaluting code quality through RAD , Application developed with jdk 11
over 1 year ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 0 Future consideration