Re: Newsletter / Marketing: RDi RFE 121114 -- WDSCI-L

Hi Brian

I do apologise - I am now back in my normal office and have reconnected to
my server and the open files I had in the scratch pad have returned when I
connected.

So you are correct, they do remain over a close and re-open if you are able
to reconnect to the server.

Although I'm not sure but I thought I had members from multiple systems in
the scratchpad and only the ones from the first server I reconnected to
seem to have come back. I may need to check this carefully before being
sure.

Don Brown

From: "Brian Parkins" <goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 17/06/2018 07:05 PM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Newsletter / Marketing: RDi RFE 121114
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Hmm, interesting Don. I found the Scratchpad refreshed itself once I
re-opened the relevant Connections. Not ideal, though. It would much
more helpful to save/restore to some external file at any time of
choosing, (e.g. in a similar manner that web-browser bookmarks can be
saved and restored.)

Perhaps Votes for RFE 121114 would help make this View more functional
in the future - it could be _really_ handy with these extra features.

Brian.

On 17/06/2018 03:02, Don Brown wrote:

I checked my settings and I did have Re-Open Remote Systems view to
previous state ticked and also the line underneath - Use cached

information

to restore the remote systems view.

I had about 10 items in the scratchpad from 3 different systems and a
mixture of IFS and QSYS.LIB members.

I closed RDi

I restarted RDi

Scratchpad was empty.

Also one of the systems was not reachable from my current location and

even

though I clicked cancel on the log in box (multiple times) it kept trying
to reconnect.

So am I missing something or why was there nothing in my scratchpad ?

Thanks

Don Brown

From: "Brian Parkins" <goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 14/06/2018 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Newsletter / Marketing: RDi RFE 121114
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Aha! You got me thinking, Craig. Must be a Preference somewhere - and
sure enough there is!

REMOTE SYSTEMS > RE-OPEN REMOTE SYSTEMS VIEW TO PREVIOUS STATE

seems to do the trick. (I usually have this unchecked to avoid confusion
and problems.)

It would still be v. useful to save - and restore - the Scratchpad list
at any time under a specified name for future use, (Snippet-ish).
However my main concern is the lack of Context Menu items for
Verify/Compile/User Actions. (RFE 121114.)

Brian.

On 14/06/2018 12:49, Craig Richards wrote:

I'm using 9.6.01 still.

My scratch pad contents persists between restarts.

regards,
Craig

On 14 June 2018 at 12:44, Brian Parkins <goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

I don't get that, Steve. Perhaps there is a Preference or option I am
missing somewhere?

I am working with 9.6.0.3 and for me the contents of the Remote
Scratchpad, (Local and Connected Objects) are not restored on restart.

To

clarify, I have a list of Local/Connected objects and source members in

the

RS. I shutdown RDi completely. Upon a restart of RDi, the RS list is

empty.

(This is what I would expect of a view called "scratchpad". However, it
would be nice to have the option to save/restore the RS list.)

Take your point on Disconnect/Reconnect. This works nicely.

It would be _really_ be nice to have the facility to save the current
"working set" list of objects and restore this list at a later date -

not

necessarily at startup. Something like a Snippet?

Brian.

On 14/06/2018 12:17, Steve Ferrell wrote:

Hi Don,

The discussion in WDSCI-L prompted me to look into the scratch pad
restore state. In version 9.6.0.3, the state of the scratchpad is

saved

between restarts.

Local objects will always restore. Connected objects will re-appear

when

the connection is restored. If you are working off-line with connected
objects, they will only re-appear once you go work online and connect.
There are two toolbar buttons that allow you to clear items.

The Remote Scratch Pad is a handy view since it allows you to track
related objects of varied types.

The RFE to include more options for the scratch pad can be found at

the

following link:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=

viewRfe&CR_ID=121114
Steve Ferrell

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Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Newsletter / Marketing: RDi RFE 121114

What a great idea Jon!!!

I have added a comment.

Thanks

Don Brown

From: "Jon Paris" <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Wdsci-L" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 12/06/2018 08:22 AM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Newsletter / Marketing: RDi RFE 121114
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The best way to deal with this requirement Don is to add it as a

comment

to the original.

Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On Jun 11, 2018, at 11:03 PM, Don Brown <DBrown@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have voted for your RFE.

I have started using the scratchpad again after watching the utube
video you reference.

One other thing that would be good in my opinion would be to have the

list

in the scratchpad optionally last over a restart and have an option

Clear scratchpad.

I can open an RFE for this but just was interested who would agree
with this ?

Thanks

Don Brown

From: "Brian Parkins" <goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere

Development

Studio
Client for System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 12/06/2018 02:02 AM
Subject: Newsletter / Marketing: [WDSCI-L] RDi RFE
121114
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For anyone who might be interested, I have added the following RFE

for

RDi:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=

viewRfe&CR_ID=121114

The Description reads,
"The Remote Scratchpad view in RDi is proving to be exceptionally
useful when handling a number of different objects and source members
at one time. (Ref. Charles Guarino's YouTube video here:
https://youtu.be/gVnH5rgpSu8)
The Scratchpad allows for simpler navigation than Object Table
selection and Remote Explorer filtering when the items have unrelated
names and reside in different libraries or source files.
However, one shortcoming of the Scratchpad is the lack of key actions
in the item context menu. In particular, it would be very helpful to
have:
- Verify
- Compile
- Compile (Prompt)
- User Actions
listed as appropriate in the context menu for a source member. (To
achieve these actions requires navigation back to other views, or
having the source open in an active edit session.)"

Not a showstopper, just a "nice to have". If you're as keen as me to
see this implemented, please cast your vote at the above link.

Brian.
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