Rational Developer for i V9.1 and Rational Developer for AIX and Linux V9.1 are now available on Passport Advantage! Note: see the bottom of the post for updated information.   RDi product page: http ://w ww-0 3.ib m.co m/so ftwa re/p rodu cts/ us/e n/de v-ib m- i RDi Fix List:  http ://w ww-0 1.ib m.co m/su ppor t/do cvie w.ws s?ui d=sw g270 3848 1 Knowledge center: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSAE4W_9.1.0   RD AIX and Linux C/C++ Edition product page: http ://w ww.i bm.c om/s oftw are/ prod ucts /us/ en/d ev-c... [More]

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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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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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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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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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In Rational Developer for i 9.5.1, IFS project support was added for RFE45970 ( https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=45970 ).  The RFE was requested by users who worked with HTML/C/Java/etc. files on the IFS.  In Remote System Explorer, you can work directly with those files but RDi has richer support for them when organized in Eclipse projects (Web project, Java project, etc.).  With 9.5.1, now you can associate a IFS folder with all project types (except for IBM i Projects which are still... [More]

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Rational Developer for i V9.5.1 update for V9.5 is now available!   Also, the media images available for download have been refreshed to 9.5.1 level in Passport Advantage (Sept 9) and ESS (Sept 13).   No new license needed.   The update contains many enhancements including Mac OS X 10.11 support, Kerberos support, IFS project support via Remote Reconciler, and multiple RFEs.   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... [More]

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Rational Developer for i V9.5 is now available!  It requires a new install and there are new activation kits for the license.   RDi product page: htt p :// w ww- 0 3.i b m.c o m/s o ftw a re/ p rod u cts / us/ e n/d e v-i b m - i RDi Fix List:  htt p :// w ww- 0 1.i b m.c o m/s u ppo r t/d o cvi e w.w s s?u i d=s w g27 0 384 8 1 Knowledge center: http ://w ww-0 1.ib m.co m/su ppor t/kn owle dgec ente r/SS AE4W _9.5. 0   Announcement:  http ://w ww-0 1.ib m.co m/co mmon /ssi /cgi -bin /ssi alia s?in foty pe=A N&su... [More]

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Rational Developer for i V9.1.1.1 fixpack for V9.1 is now available!    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 documents).  The Fix List documents list the enhancements and APARS included in the fixpacks.   RDi Fix List:  ht t p :/ / w ww - 0 1. i b m. c o m/ s u pp o r t/ d o cv i e w. w s s? u i d= s w g2 7 0 38 4 8 1   Note: Updating from IBM Installation Manager requires Installation Manager to be at 1.8.0 or... [More]

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Version 9.1 of Rational Developer for i and Rational Developer for AIX and Linux were announced today. For details, see http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=897&letternum=ENUSC14-019#214-188 The new versions will be available May 23, 2014.  

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There are multiple methods for how to have Rational Developer for i installed and updated when considering a large number of developer machines.  For an overview of the methods, please see http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21668005 ,

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What's New in Rational Developer for i 9.0.1 was presented at the Toronto Users Group ( www.tug.ca ) on January 22, 2014.  The presentation includes the updates that were done to support the RPG language changes for free-form H/F/D/P specs along with the list of RFEs and APARs that were addressed. The presentation is available at http://www.tug.ca/Downloads.html

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The Rational Developer for i V9.0.1 fix pack for V9.0 is now available. Customers can go to Installation Manager and click Update or go to FixCentral to find the downloadable files for RDi 9.0.1.   9.0.1 Download http ://w ww.i bm.c om/s uppo rt/d ocvi ew.w ss?u id=s wg24 036660 Fix List http ://w ww.i bm.c om/s uppo rt/d ocvi ew.w ss?u id=s wg27 0384 8 1

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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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