Rational Developer for i V9.6.0.1 fixpack for V9.6 is now available!    The fixpack contains enhancements and fixes.  For details, see the link in the Fix List. You can go to IBM Installation Manager and click Update or go to FixCentral to find the downloadable files (links available in the Fix List document).      Note: if using Update and the fixpack is not found, go to File>Preferences and on the Repositories page add https://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.rational.developer.ibmi.v96/ and then... [More]

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While editing ILE RPG source in RDi 9.6 on Windows, you may have noticed that a 'click' sound effect is played when you hover over a variable.   To turn off the sound or change it, you need to change a Windows setting.   Go to Control Panel > Sound > Sounds (tab) > Window Explorer > Start Navigation , and set it to ' None '.  

I had the pleasure of presenting 'What's New in RDi 9.6' to the Toronto User Group's meeting on November 29, 2017.  There was lots of interaction and great response to the enhancements in RDi 9.6 (such as annotations, rich hover, command-line code coverage tool) that can make them more productive IBM i developers. Here is a link to the presentation:... [More]

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We have have the ability to analyze an execution of your program to see exactly which lines did, or did not, get executed.  This is very useful to locate holes in your test cases as well as to identify dead code that should be removed. Up until now this required using RDi to be present to analyze which lines were being hit.   It is now possible to do the analysis entirely on the IBM i using a new IBM i command CODECOV.   The Command Line Code Coverage.pdf | View Details has the details on this command as well as overview of... [More]

Rational Developer for i 9.6 is based on Eclipse 4.6.  One of the changes with that is the Print toolbar button being hidden by default.   To add the Print toolbar button back, follow these steps: - select Window > Perspective > Customize Perspective ... - on the Toolbar Visibility tab, expand File .  It will list New Wizards, Save, Save All, and Print (Ctrl+P).  All will be checked except for Print. - select Print and click OK.

With the new release of Rational Developer for i now available, there may be companies looking to install the new release on all their developer machines.  In particular, they might be looking for a way to get it installed without manually doing it on each machine.   The technote  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21668005 describes how to install Rational Developer for i at the latest level on multiple developer machines.  The technote was recently updated to use RDi 9.5 as an example.  It showed how to... [More]

Rational Developer for i V9.6 is now available as a trial and in Passport Advantage!  For ESS/AAS, RDi V9.6 will be available Nov. 21.  (Note: it might take some time for all parts to appear in the sites today.)   It requires a new install and there are new activation kits for the license.  The minimum IBM Installation Manager level is 1.8.7.   RDi product page: ht t p :/ / w ww - 0 3. i b m. c o m/ s o ft w a re / p ro d u ct s / us / e n/ d e v- i b m - i RDi Fix List:  ht t p :/ / w ww - 0 1. i b m. c o m/ s u... [More]

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Rational Developer for i V9.6 will be available Nov 16 in Passport Advantage and Nov 21 in AAS.  In addition, the trial will be available on Nov 16 as a web install and as product zip download ( https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/r/rdi/ ).   Since 9.6 is a new release, it does have new license activation kits.  To get those, you will have to go to either Passport Advantage or AAS.   We know many people install the trial right-away and then get their activation kits before the trial period ends.  If you already... [More]

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RDi 9.6 has been announced and will be available November 16 in Passport Advantage and November 21 in AAS.   Highlights: Rational Developer for i, V9.6 is now compatible with Eclipse 4.6, providing new base functionality and better integration with other modern application development tools. Error reporting is enhanced to use annotations that highlight the columns within the line that have caused compile errors. This location information is maintained even as lines are added and deleted from the source. As the cursor hovers over an error,... [More]

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In an object list, after expanding the program object, I expect to see the module name(s) underneath followed by the procedure(s). For some reason, our PROD server is not showing what I expect.  Instead, it shows "Unexpected error retrieving list with {0}" underneath the program object. I've updated my RDi from 9.5.1.1 to 9.5.1.2. and there is no change. The IBM i server is at 7.1 and I believe current PTFs. I don't know if it is related but someone here has removed older versions of Java from the IBM i server, keeping... [More]

If you use default 'Update' in IBM Installation Manager or use the Web Install method to install the product, you are accessing the product and service repositories on IBM servers.  (The main alternative is to  download the zips of the product/fixpacks and host them locally.)   Occasionally, there would be issues and you would not be able to update/install.  (There have been recent changes to improve overall reliability.)   There is now a doc which shows the current status of the product repositories on IBM... [More]

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I have RDi Version 9.5.    When editing source, pressing the Enter key causes a new blank line to be inserted under the row where the cursor is positioned... usually.   If the parser association for SQLRPGLE members is ILErpgSql, and I have touched any line within an SQL statement, pressing Enter from anywhere in the source causes a line to be inserted where I last touched the SQL. The cursor may jump and insert the new blank line hundreds of lines from where the cursor was when I pressed Enter. More interesting, if I use PDM... [More]

Rational Developer for i V9.5.1.2 fixpack for V9.5 is now available!    The fixpack contains enhancements and fixes.  For details, see the link in the Fix List.   You can go to IBM Installation Manager and click Update or go to FixCentral to find the downloadable files (links available in the Fix List document).    The Fix List document lists the enhancements, APARs, and RFEs addressed by the fixpack. RDi Fix List:  h t t p : / / w w w - 0 1 . i b m . c o m / s u p p o r t / d o c v i e w . w s s ? u i d = s w... [More]

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Here is a link to an updated What's New in RDi presentation that was presented to the Gateway/400 user group on February 9, 2017:  https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/form/api/wiki/6798aec4-969a-4fa1-99a6-07f4a1493062/page/6066c731-9cf5-43aa-ac6e-0a7fe9500468/attachment/e325e89d-5237-4554-8864-01232fa28a08/media/RDi%20What%27s%20new%209.5.1%20and%209.5.1.1.pdf   It includes 9.5.1 and 9.5.1.1 items.

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