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  • Guru: RDi 9.6, Part 12 – New Features Targeting New RDi Users

    December 6, 2021 Susan Gantner

    In my previous tip about the latest release (9.6.0.11) of RDi, I promised to cover new features targeting easing the transition from PDM/SEU for new RDi users. If you’re an experienced RDi user, don’t tune out yet — you may find something of interest, too.

    I’ll discuss most of these features in the context of the PDM perspective. This is the perspective designed specifically to ease the transition to RDi. It was introduced originally back in 9.6.0.3 and I covered a little about it in a tip back then. While it was created to target new users, it seems …

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  • Guru: Customizing RDi Beyond Preferences

    May 3, 2021 Susan Gantner

    In my last tip , I covered a few of the preferences that I like to change to customize the way I use RDi. But there are a number of other customizations I use that aren’t implemented via the Preferences dialogs. I’ll continue the customization topic in this tip by covering some of those other options.

    Compile-Related Customizations

    I’ll start out with a couple of things I like to change related to compiling code. This includes customizing and creating new compile commands and modifying my compile Error List.

    I like to modify some of the parameters for the “ordinary” compile …

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  • Guru Classic: More iSphere Goodies

    March 4, 2020 Susan Gantner

    This Guru Classic tip is my third in a series exploring the iSphere RDi plug-in. In this tip I’ll cover two additional ways in which iSphere expands the RDi toolset. There are a few details that I’ve updated in this new version of the tip due to updates in either RDi or the iSphere tool itself. Plus I have added an additional tip based on how I’ve seen one of these features utilized.

    Binding Directory Editor

    I’ve long been baffled at the lack of support in RDi for binding directories; it seems like something modern developers certainly use. In the …

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  • Guru Classic: iSphere Plug-in Expands RSE/RDi Toolset

    January 8, 2020 Susan Gantner

    My series of three Guru tips on the free iSphere plug-in first appeared in 2015. Since I still find that most RDi users haven’t heard of it, I’ve decided to repeat the series as Guru Classics. I’ve made a few updates to this first one in the series due to enhancements made to both RDi and iSphere in the intervening years.

    Followers of my Guru tips know that I’m a big RDi fan. These days I would be lost trying to write or maintain RPG code without things like RDi’s Outline, Error feedback, editor filtering, and Undo. But you know …

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  • Guru: RDi Code Coverage Without SEPs

    August 12, 2019 Susan Gantner

    My last Guru tip provided an introduction to RDi’s Code Coverage tool that you can use to determine how complete your tests are. In that tip I discussed how to run it using Service Entry Points (SEPs). In this follow-on tip, I’ll continue the exploration of this tool with some additional details plus introduce you to an alternative way to run a Code Coverage session.

    Before going into the alternative approach to running Code Coverage, there are a few details I didn’t mention in the first tip.

    I mentioned that Code Coverage uses the debug engine. What I didn’t mention …

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  • Guru Classic: My Favorite Keyboard Shortcuts for RSE/RDi

    July 17, 2019 Susan Gantner

    When using RDi for editing my CL, DDS, RPG, or COBOL code, I find that I can save a lot of time by using keyboard shortcuts for functions that would otherwise require that I take my hands off the keyboard to use the mouse. So I thought I would share a few of my favorites. Many of the shortcuts I use are standard for other applications that I also use for email, spreadsheets or text editing. It’s easy to forget that some of those same shortcuts can be used when we’re editing our RPG code.

    A lot has changed on …

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  • Guru Classic: Giving RDi a Split Personality

    June 19, 2019 Susan Gantner

    A commonly asked question by RDi newbies is: “How do I view source in split screen like I can in SEU?” The answer is that you can’t do it exactly like SEU, but then why would you want to? The RDi editor offers far greater flexibility.

    The original version of my tip on this subject was published back in 2007. Back then, the toolset we know as RDi was called “WDSC”. Quite a lot of other changes have occurred within RDi as well. Originally, a specialized perspective was required to make this feature work well. Today’s RDi works well without …

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  • Guru Classic: Custom Perspectives In RDi, Part 2

    March 6, 2019 Susan Gantner

    In my earlier tip I described how to create a custom perspective and I also described one scenario when custom perspectives come in handy. I promised to follow that up with another way to use custom perspectives.

    I’m often asked questions such as:

    • How do I keep my Outline from disappearing when I’m in full-screen edit?
    • How can I see my RPG Indentation view alongside the full-screen editor view of the source member?

    Custom perspectives can be used as one answer to both questions.

    Of course, when you’re in full-screen edit, you can “peek” at any of your views (such …

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  • Guru Classic: Who Needs Custom Perspectives In RDi?

    February 13, 2019 Susan Gantner

    I often talk to people who are confused about RDi perspectives, so I thought this two-part series on why and how to create and use your own custom perspectives would be a good one to update. Very little has changed since the original publication of this first part, but I’ve updated the screen shots and addressed one or two small differences in recent releases. This version assumes you are running at least RDi 9.5

    Who needs custom perspectives in RDi? Just about everyone. At least everyone could probably benefit from them. As you know if you’ve read my earlier tips, …

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  • iSphere Upgrade Bolsters RDi Even More

    November 7, 2018 Alex Woodie

    When it comes to IBM i programming tools from IBM, Rational Developer for IBM i (RDi) is the integrated development environment at the top of many professionals’ wish lists. However, the IDE’s functionality is lacking a few departments, which provides an opportunity for innovation in the community, as IBM originally envisioned. One of the projects that’s been running with the ball is the popular iSphere project, which recently unveiled a new release.

    iSphere is a free plug-in for RDi and WDSC that was first released by Frank Hildebrandt of Task Force IT-Consulting back in 2013. The original idea behind the …

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